I Struggle With This One

There’s a phrase that people often come across in relation to their current situation. “Can’t complain.” Those people are admirable in my eyes. I very much could complain. It’s not anti-Christian to acknowledge areas that could be the source of complaint. Where we go wrong is choosing to take the complaint. We have the choice […]

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Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the closet. What a wonderful phrase and a concept that says so much about our tendency to not be completely transparent about who we are.  It doesn’t have to be anything major, but it’s enough for us to store it away in the hope that no one will ever choose to investigate that […]

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Real Prayer

I did a public prayer for the first time in ages recently and it was weird.  Weird in the sense that there are certain factors that you consider when you do a public prayer that you might not consider in a private closet prayer.  In as much as it’s a prayer to God on behalf […]

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My Gratitude

I remember from a very early age singing a hymn called Count Your Blessings.  Looking back the lyrics are fairly basic and simple – count your blessings, name them one by one, count your many blessings, see what God has done.  As ever with the hymns that are sung time and time again from childhood […]

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