When they got married, one of their parents prayed a simple prayer. Dear Lord, let us delight to see this marriage work through the many challenges and thrive through the setbacks and disappointments. The union was fruitful in that they had three children in rather quick succession. Barely five years covered the first to the […]
Read More Pray: For The Married For The GoodWhen my daughter said, “first world problems” that stopped me in my tracks. My mobile device needed charging – I needed it to be charged, because I didn’t want it to be in a position where I would require usage of the phone and the battery would be dead. That’s what I needed, only to […]
Read More Pray: For the Lowly, For The GoodIt’s easy to be critical of people in positions of responsibility. They don’t do it the way I want them to do it. They made a big mistake. They didn’t listen to the suggestion I made and look at them now. They think they’re better than me and don’t look at me. They want to […]
Read More Pray: For The Leaders For The GoodThat’s incredible. You know what we say when we say that? We say that whatever we’re on about appears beyond credibility – it’s something we could barely believe. Apparently back in the day they thought that running a mile in less than 4 minutes would be highly improbable. So it was incredible when the record […]
Read More Doubt vs God of the IncredibleOne of my favourite jokes is the warning a fellow gave to another to be careful of the light at the end of the tunnel as it could be the light belonging to an oncoming train. Light for some is not always a good thing. It can be blinding, its brightness can be overbearing and […]
Read More A Wonderful LightWhere’s David? He’s in his room, doing some writing or some drawing or playing on his guitar. Why’s he doing that? Leave him be, he’s doing something productive with his time. 25 years later. David has got a son now. He has? Where is he? He’s in his room, doing some writing or some drawing […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – Generating GenerationsGod loves food. You know times are tough when the situation suggests there is a lack of food. In the book of Kings, there is an occasion shared where Elisha, the prophet, arrives at Gilgal right when there’s a famine happening. It’s a hallmark of famine that lack is the portion of the people. Here […]
Read More From Lack to LeftoversJesus said to His disciples at one point, that the harvest is ripe but the labourers are few and that prayers should be offered for more labourers. The next thing we read is of Jesus sending his disciples to … be the reapers. Be the labourers. I wonder if we would know how to reap. […]
Read More Teach Us How To ReapIf you open box A you win the special star prize. If you open box B you get the booby prize. Booby prize. Back in the day I took that phrase for what it meant – this is the worst ‘prize’ you could attain. You didn’t want the booby prize. It was so bad that […]
Read More What Reward?The fact that we need someone to deliver us is an interesting concept to consider. If we can get ourselves out of whatever tricky predicament we find ourselves in, then deliverance is not required. And we certainly won’t need anyone’s help where that’s concerned. Evidently, however, there are times where we will come into scrapes […]
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