Some people prefer my wife because she is straight talking. I can still recall a conversation I had with a friend where he asked me something innocuous and I just could not give him a simple straight answer. There was a story behind it. There was context to explain in it. There were concepts to […]
Read More Getting Straight To The PointIt’s not always easy. Sometimes it’s very hard and when the pressures hits at all angles it’s difficult to find consolation or some outlet to relieve the pressure. For me I used to have outlets but it has got to the point where even these prove to be inadequate to deal with the issues cracking […]
Read More The Word As A ComfortThere are things I have expected from sources that I have grown to feel comfortable expecting things. What I recognise again this week is that God is not confined to working through my norms. I am reminded of how ravens fed Elijah when he was feeling the intimidation following Jezebel’s death threats – that was […]
Read More The Great God Is Not Confined To Our NormsI can be incredibly insensitive. It might because of those times where I am deeply self-absorbed and all I am interested in is me. I can get that way and end up doing things and saying things that hurt others. As well as being self-absorbed, it can also come out of taking loved ones for […]
Read More So InsensitiveThe role of a servant can be trivialised and made to seem of little to no importance. Yet there is something about the role of serving the needs of others that has a rich reward, sometimes far greater than whatever the experience for the one who has been served. There are precious times when I […]
Read More Take Pleasure in ServingWhat is it that makes us distinctly human? For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Just A QuestionHunger was the most basic need God addressed from the beginning. It’s incredible of all the various wants and needs developed since then and from then it remains the basic need of the human experience. Whether it’s mental stimulation or sexual gratification it can all be classed as a form of ‘hunger’ that needs feeding. […]
Read More Don’t Hurt Them, Feed ThemI sometimes wonder why He keeps them. He’s beaten death, He’s defeated the grave, the final opposition to life and the Kingdom has been vanquished in the death, burial and resurrection. He is triumphant over all His foes. He is now the hope of the world and those who believe in Him can live eternally. […]
Read More Scarred As A Reminder That You Are VictoriousWhat were we like before shame? It’s such a powerful state to find yourself in. So crippling. The combination of feelings of embarrassment, fear and withdrawal prevents any chance of full acceptance and true intimacy in a wider sense. Sometimes it’s something within that causes it – a response to an incident for example. Sometimes […]
Read More He Takes Away The ShameThe human condition is funny. A number of times you read in the Bible, an interaction take place where God, directly or through a messenger tells someone a number of points, all of which ends with a final outcome far greater than the current situation. Yet the listener always misses the point because they’re stuck […]
Read More Missing The Point – Why Sometimes We Should Just Shut Up
