Apparently you just keep going. There’s this project today, there’s that assignment tomorrow, there’s that challenge the day after. It’s all booked in your diary and when anyone asks if you’re available, you can genuinely inform them that you’ll have to check because you’re pretty well booked up for the forseeable future. Apparently you just […]
Read More Then You Stop And Realise …It is good to ask questions. It helps to ask the right questions. Following Jesus involves asking questions – this is a sign of a degree of engagement. Even if that engagement reveals your reluctance or your fears concerning an aspect of following Him. One of the things I’ve found very comforting about when saints […]
Read More The Humble InquiryWhen are we going to get to the good stuff? You know. All of the neat tricks and sweet technique that they use? When are we going to get to do that? All we ever seem to do are the basics. Again and again. We’ve got it already. When can we get on to the […]
Read More You Got It? Good. We’re Gonna Do It AgainThere I am flailing about in my issues, inadequacies and insecurities. I can barely help myself and people are looking for me to help them? That’s ridiculous. I need all the help I can get. So, it should have been that guy’s response to help me. Help me in my situation. Help me out of […]
Read More Are You Going To Help Me? No, I’m Going To Train YouMy parents worked hard day and night to provide a good home for their children. They worked in the place of employment during the day and during the night they worked just as hard in their diligence around the home and in engaging with their children and their church family. In fact to some degree […]
Read More Learning About RestIt’s good to stretch yourself. That’s not something I was always comfortable with. My preference back in the day was always to look for the path of least resistance. Certain things came easier to me than others, so I would tend to stay doing those things that came easier to me. That plan seemed to […]
Read More Dealing With the Stretch of LifeHistory fascinates me. Not all of history. Some bits of history leave me with the glazed eyes of a man who is effectively forgetting everything that is being presented to him. There are some parts of history that I am very intrigued by. My interest in history was instigated by the Bible. My Mum did […]
Read More Something On Selective HistoryThere is a Stevie Wonder song I love a lot. I love it a lot and it’s on an album I love a lot as well. The song and the album came to mind while I was sitting and hearing a conversation taking place. The content of the conversation was very sad. It was the […]
Read More Finally, the Right Place For BlameAfter all he did to you, how are you still able to talk to him? How are you even able to talk well about him to others? You had every right to be bitter. It would at least be understandable if you mentioned his name with a painful twinge. Others have told us about the […]
Read More Thanks, Learn and RejoiceAt least they are doing something about it. There was a reminder I got recently that it’s a good thing taking a stand against what is wrong. While that is important, it’s even better to make that stand on a platform of something worth standing for that’s right. It takes something to invest in the […]
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