By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established, through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. (Proverbs 24:3, 4 NIV) It has been my great honour and privilege to be involved in a number of projects and initiatives that have left a positive impact on people’s lives.When I consider […]
Read More 16MTP 24 – Three Key IngredientsIt is something I could relate to very well albeit from a different experience. They called him disruptive, they said he was a nuisance, they couldn’t get an official diagnosis but they had written him off as a hyperactive, inconsiderate and intemperate slob. They chucked him out of one school and he would have been […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – LabelsEven in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief. (Proverbs 14:13 ESV) The thing about reading Proverbs is that you come across a series of wise sayings that are sometimes grouped together and sometimes in bullet-point fashion. Some come across familiar themes. All of them rich in contemplation, consideration and […]
Read More 16MTP 14 – Tears Of A ClownI am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:2 ESV) So there’s this journey that I’m on and in that journey I came across this familiar part of a familiar portion of scripture. I want to contemplate it for a few […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – IntroductionsThe message came though to follow Him in various stages. The journeyman had started out when he was told to leave the comfort of his home to pursue studies. At the time the studies were academic, but he didn’t know that the studies would incorporate his whole life. When he reached the age of 21 […]
Read More A Brief Overview of the JourneymanThe tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense. (Proverbs 10:20, 21 ESV) If the preliminary nine chapters of Proverbs has been about the writer laying out a narrative of the choice between […]
Read More 16MTP 10 – Say What? Speak Right!I am very familiar with the school of thought that says that it’s best to prepare for the worst to avoid disappointment so that anything else is a bonus. It’s a thought that has influenced my approach to things in the past. It did certainly work in terms of preparing me for the worst if […]
Read More ExpectingWisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, (Proverbs 9:1, 13, 14 ESV) Chapter 9 brings to a conclusion the saga of two […]
Read More 16MTP 09 – Which House?Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house. For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him. (Proverbs 8:34, 35 BBE) The writer of Proverbs has laid out a case of getting […]
Read More 16MTP 08 – Wisdom CVRight away he followed her like an ox on the way to be slaughtered, or like a fool on the way to be punished and killed with arrows. He was no more than a bird rushing into a trap, without knowing it would cost him his life. (Proverbs 7:22, 23 CEV) The writer of Proverbs really […]
Read More 16MTP 07 – The Death Trap Of Seduction
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