There is a reason why patience is needed. If you get it too early you will spoil it. If you get it too late you will miss it at its best. The timing is crucial. There is the context. If you get it in that place, the area won’t appreciate the blessing. Whereas if you […]
Read More Environment for the Call“Hello?” “Hello.” “Is this Mr Christopher Dryden?” “Yes, it is.” “Hello I’m calling in response to your recent job interview. We were really impressed with your responses and we would like to invite you to take on the position, would this be of interest to you?” What a call! I am not a big fan […]
Read More The First CallIf my life is better now than it was before, it is down to the grace of God. By that I mean, there’s a great kindness of God that I have experienced in life. A kindness that I still recognise to this has absolutely nothing to do with me in terms of anything I’ve done […]
Read More Here I Am, Send MeWe were talking about a scenario. A leader of a Christian gathering decided to disguise himself as a beggar and see how the congregation treated him. As it transpired the congregants on the whole either ignored and dismissed him or worse actively shunned him and hoped he would stay out of any prominent place. When […]
Read More My Eyes Are DryThere are times where I forget that it’s not only the Word of God, but it has the Word from God. What I mean is that when I’m reading about what happens to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Samuel, David, Elijah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Nehemiah, Jesus, Peter, Paul and John among others, in and among […]
Read More When I Hear The Praises StartYou are amazing. When I see you and realise what a difference you’ve made in my life, it is the reason why I have to say you are amazing. You give me a reason to live. You do this by example – showing me the life that you live and how I can live it […]
Read More Because Of YouDisappointment is quite a word isn’t it. In that word there’s the thinking of an expected appointment that for whatever reason was not realised. That appointment does not have to be about a scheduled meeting at a particular time. It can be about the arranged character and conduct at a given time in a given […]
Read More Flawed, Forgiven and FlourishingGod is really good to me. Whatever kind of day I have, however exhilarating or deflating, I can always come home to my wife. That has not always been a pleasant thought for me, but reflecting on the completion of fifteen years of marital union, it’s one of the best thoughts that makes work worthwhile. […]
Read More What About Year Sixteen?They told us that we were celebrating the crystal anniversary. Obviously that got me asking the question: What is a crystal? Meanwhile, what makes this anniversary particularly special is that this will be the only time we celebrate the year of our wedding on the date number. We thought about what we could do to […]
Read More Year Fifteen – What’s A Crystal?He heard my cry. A people had been subjected to decades of oppression. Their entire identity seemed to be defined by slavery of the harshest kind. It was as though no one was listening to them. But He was listening and He had not forgotten them. He saw their suffering and felt their pain and […]
Read More Year Seven – Release
