It is not the pity I wanted. The pity would get me nowhere. It was the money I was looking for. It was the money I expected. I was used to being there, day after day and week after week. I knew my place. It’s not like I was going to get up and walk […]
Read More Far Better Than ExpectedIt started with a recollection of a chorus I remember being sung in some of the church settings of my childhood. The chorus simply went: The Lord has done great things for us, whereof we are glad That as the keen bible scholars will know is taken from Psalm 126:3 in the KJV. I was walking […]
Read More About Great Things in PerspectiveI don’t get it sometimes. You’re locked up in a prison. You’re the target of unrelenting personal attack. For as many people love what you do there are others equally determined to see you suffer in the worst way possible before you leave this earth. Some of those you used to rely on have left […]
Read More Might As Well Enjoy YourselfJoy as an expression of the Spirit living in is a fascinating truth to deal with. There’s happiness and then there’s joy. There is something about this quality that goes a lot further than a momentary response to something positively stimulating. There is something about this quality that is rich and deep and exists whatever […]
Read More Fruit of the Spirit: Joy (The Fruit Series 21)Recently the family supported the first two girls as they represented their school football team in a tournament with a few other schools. The team that my daughters played in won the tournament. The feeling of exhilaration and euphoria was significant for me. Seeing my girls do so well in their effort and then help […]
Read More All That Thrills My Soul …People can behave in really odd ways sometimes. You see someone whooping and jumping, leaping and singing and doing their jig around you before kissing a random stranger on the pavement. They do all this sober, but you’re not quite sure if they are sober because of their odd behaviour. It can come across as […]
Read More If They Knew What God Took You Through …What is delightful praise? It’s the natural reaction to consider just how good God is. It’s being with people who are not inhibited in any way from saying and displaying their joy at the almighty God. It’s witnessing what it is to turn our focus to God and saying what we see with a smile […]
Read More Delightful PraiseJoy is an amazing quality. It’s one of the qualities that has somehow not really been truly explored in my Christian experience. Sure biggies like love and peace have come up. Grace has also been a pressing issue of late in how I engage with others. Yet joy has seemed to miss a lot of […]
Read More Joy Worth Shouting AboutWhen I’m at my lowest low, no one picks me up like Jesus. He rescues me from the state of despair that often paralyses any effort to be a functioning member of society. In my darkest hour the light of His way enables me to see the way out and that not even the darkness […]
Read More Joy Of Your SalvationIt’s unfortunate that so many associate laughter with something malicious, obscene or gross. It’s also unfortunate that some ‘spiritual’ types pour scorn on laughter. My brief journey in life has thankfully seen some benefits in good laughter. Here are ten things I love about laughter, in no particular order. 1. Healthy laughter lightens the load. […]
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