Recently I took out an A5 sheet of lined paper and started writing. What I wrote on it was an outline of the journey I have taken in life thus far. It was just broad-strokes from season to season. One particular aspect of that which proved to be very interesting was looking at the setbacks. […]
Read More The Journey to ThereThe story goes on. The story of your life that is. It is not always good news if you’re going through a season of intense suffering. When you wake up and the pain you felt yesterday is even worse today, it does not sound like good news. When the space that was filled by a […]
Read More Grace & Hope: The End of the Episode is not the Last in the SeriesCars. I am reliably informed that they operate best when the tyres are in good condition. A friend of mine shared how in driving on one occasion he was informed that three of the tyres of the vehicle were critically cracked. Despite that he was able to drive on for a while, until someone else […]
Read More Critically CrackedNo matter how much I read the Bible, I am no expert on it. There’s always a perspective someone shares that makes me sit and pay attention. We were gathering as we usually do round the home and sitting down conversing. I personally was very excited because there was this person that I admire a […]
Read More The Assistant and the ApprenticeI applaud God’s creative genius. I have not met a fraction of a percentage of the members of humanity on the planet. Yet with those that I have come across and engaged with the diversity of personalities, characters, abilities and skills has left me thinking what a wonderful creator God truly is. It’s all the […]
Read More Discernment and WaitingTrust is a massive concept. It’s amazing seeing how that changes in the years of development of a baby to an infant to a teenager. The dependent baby has no questions. The infant may have a question. The teenager … I applaud the parents that have teenagers that don’t question whether overtly or otherwise. Well […]
Read More Do You Know What You’re Doing?We were talking about the progress she has made since she arrived in the country. What tended to happen was she would mention something and I would help her appreciate just how much more there was to the experience that helped to shape how she’s grown in those years. Sometimes it is in looking at […]
Read More Perspective and ThanksgivingThere’s this movie. OK, first up about me and movies. I don’t class myself as a movie fanatic, but I enjoy watching them. I like the odd occasion watching them at the cinema with a good friend – I much prefer watching it at a cinema with a good friend. Whereas when I’m at home, […]
Read More Throwing Yourself On The GrenadeThe Psalms are a masterpiece of poetry to consider. The way in which they inform and express, seek out and be assured by. Te entire gamut of the human experience touched on and put in the context of the God who created us and the world around us. Like your music collection of the tracks […]
Read More Sing: Shaping Minds and Hearts in God’s WordMy friend and I enjoy talking about the Playmaker. The game goes well when things are organised and each part is playing as they should. Sometimes there are parts that are struggling, but the organiser – the Playmaker knows just how to motivate and support the part. Though different games are played, with different opponents […]
Read More Organised at the Heart
