The darkness was overwhelming. My soul was crushed. The burden was far too heavy for me, I could not carry on. I felt so crowded, it became too much. It felt unrelenting. The pressure got to the point where I didn’t feel like waking up in the morning. The pan got too much for my […]
Read More The Light Will Shine AgainHe messed up big time. He was dumped from the company. They said he would have no future in the industry. That was that. Apparently It’s just that at his lowest point, someone gave him a chance to operate again, at a lower level, in the background under the radar. More importantly than anything, he […]
Read More When They’ve Written You OffDeluded. People who don’t believe in God and look at those who follow Jesus should really think that we are deluded. They shouldn’t think that because of any judgemental or harsh views – that’s not disciples being delusional, that’s folks plain being demented at times. No, the reason why they should think we’re deluded is […]
Read More Better Than Ever BeforeSo. People get excited by a vision. In a certain period of time we will achieve this. After a particular portion of time we will be here. Follow me for a future where this and that and the other will be realised. Nothing wrong with that to a degree. I was reading the biblical narrative […]
Read More Looking To Him For How Far To LookI know my Mum was praying for years. Both my parents were praying, don’t get me wrong, but my Mum in particular was very clear in her prayer for her children. We would sometimes have family prayer and every now and then we would hear Mum make that prayer for her children. And she didn’t […]
Read More The Process and the Turning PointOf course it’s odd without my Dad. There was a thought, that I might have shared before, however, and that thought is this My Dad was dead before I was born. No, I’m not saying that my Dad was a shell of a man who lived like he was a zombie. I am referring to […]
Read More Death, Life and HopeSo, when disappointment comes, when the people let you down, as the devastation hits – how do you carry on? When you were out for so long because of bereavement, when you had to take time off because of that unexpected injury – how do you carry on? By grit and determination? By that resolve […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Carrying On …It’s amazing that the Bible in itself is a library. It’s even more amazing to discover that in the library there’s another smaller library known as Psalms. Taking a stroll through the Psalms should take you a while and in that stroll you discover a variety of different lyrics not just from David either. There’s […]
Read More Learning About Yet PraiseMy daughter’s team were really under a lot of pressure. They were getting battered by the opposition. Chance after chance was raining in on their goal. It seemed to be inevitable that my girl’s team would concede at some point. Watching it, most observers would say if any team was going to score it would […]
Read More Against The Run Of PlayApparently I am supposed to be a self-made man. I should be able to look back on all my accomplishments and achievements and be able to proudly say, I did it my way. I should have the ability to pull myself by my own bootstraps and be able to tell society that I am a […]
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