It’s something that you see in the football, that’s not just about the football. They’re not playing well. It must be the manager. He’s not getting the best out of them. They should be playing a lot better than that. They’re not playing for the manager. They’re not playing well. For the amount that was […]
Read More When They’re Not Playing WellThere are certain phrases that make me chuckle. One of them that I heard being referred to is don’t get ahead of yourself It was something I heard whenever I got excited about something that I was going to do, or something I was going to get that I really wanted. Typically my Mum would […]
Read More Don’t Get Ahead Of YourselfThere is a personal and individual way of looking at things. Am I in shape? Am I fit enough? Am I firing on all cylinders? In the team sports there is an aspect in which the player ensures first and foremost that they are in prime condition. They appreciate that the team is needed to […]
Read More Things Are Shaping Up: An ExpressionShe’s blown it for sure. The scandal surrounding the matter would always be a cloud hanging over her. She had the child out of wedlock to one man and soon scarpered from the scene leaving her having to bring this child up. Now she’s come across this new man who has intentions to marry her […]
Read More Things Are Shaping Up: Out Of The Mess And the MiseryHe is taking you somewhere. He will take you there. There is so much to be said about hope. When it comes to a good reason to live it is the knowledge that goes beyond reasoning of something better up ahead. It’s a confident assurance that comes in handy when times are particularly tough. When […]
Read More How You Can Look AheadThen Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46) They crucified Him. The run up to it was so unfair. Pilate couldn’t find anything wrong with Him. Herod didn’t see anything worthy of making a bid to charge him. It came down to a baying […]
Read More Dead and BuriedThe 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 SeriesHope is a powerful sentiment. There’s the type of hope that is a grasp through the uncertainty. It looks ahead through thick fog of ambiguity with fingers crossed that something might be out there that will be pleasing to them. Then there’s the type of hope that has a confident assurance. That assurance is not […]
Read More Hope For The BestLike some of the Psalms that’s been covered so far, this one takes on the comparison between the light and dark of the relationship with God. Light is seen towards the end – just like the whole weeping enduring for the night and joy coming in the morning. That morning side is very clear as […]
Read More Psalm 22 – Where Were You When I Needed You?My friend Ray introduced me to this better way of looking at the concept of hope. Previously the term was more like a wish you really wanted to happen. The sort of thing you crossed your fingers for, but held a degree of knowledge that it may not happen. It was a bit like optimism […]
Read More December Thanks #09: Hope
