These blog entries have their beginnings in a variety of times, places and moods. Sometimes I can be poring over the Bible and come across an idea to expand. Other times I could be talking with wife or other friends and certain things may motivate me to blog. Still other times events in the day […]
Read More Who Has The Power?On sojoruning through dark times in my life, one of the things I came across rather heavily was the truth that I do not have the right. A brief, half-hearted read of the apparent Sermon of the Mount sees Jesus not dishing out a bunch of rights for me to demand from others and from […]
Read More Serve or Be Served: I Don’t Have The Right – I Have The ResponsibilityI am someone who thrives on clarity. I have let myself get all in a twist by the lack of clarity in a situation. I’m not looking for all the answers. I don’t need to know everything, but clairty in what I am about to do is very important to me. Failure to be clear […]
Read More Clarity from HumilityI received something of a profound word given to me this morning on my way to work. Such was the profound nature of it, I had to share it with some close and loved ones that mean a lot to me. In essence this is what was said, God has no problem with your bid […]
Read More Self-Control and the Death of SelfFeelings. Sometimes they come in for some criticism and other times they are somewhat overrated. It is fair to say that it is not easy to ignore them. They can also be a good indicator of how and where we are at a given moment. Just because we feel in such a way does not […]
Read More His Strength In My WeaknessI have the privilege of working for an Academy that helps young people access employment through the wonderful avenue of apprenticeships. The company for which I work seeks to provide opportunities for young people and to show the way we event employ apprentices. A job opportunity has come up to do an apprenticeship in admin […]
Read More Learning From Jephthah: Counting The CostPride. The idolatry of the self and what the self acquires physically or otherwise. I must confess – yes, it is a must – that my biggest downfall is my pride. It is pride that has lead me to be somewhat economic with the full situation when it would possibly turn out to make me […]
Read More It’s A Pride Thing: Failing To Admit The NeedBefore I paid attention to Proverbs and long before anyone told me about wisdom, I was given some valuable life lessons by the words of my parents. Particularly my mother. My Dad was not verbose and so mastered the model of speaking few words with great wisdom and authority. So it was my mother who […]
Read More Wisdom From Home: Show Off Brings DisgraceThe church is like a constitutional monarchy, where Jesus is allowed the title, but has no authority to make any decisions. (A.W. Tozer as quoted in Simple Church by Tony and Felicity Dale – p 25.) The book I’ve just started provided the quote for today’s blog entry. It was through the usual connections (King […]
Read More Who’s the Boss: Jesus Is Lord … On A Constitutional BasisAt the moment I enjoy my sleeping patterns. In the evening my wife and youngest daughter will retire to bed at a relatively early time and being exhausted by events, I won’t have that much stamina to stay up for that much longer and I’m usually gone before 11pm. Almost like clockwork way before 6am […]
Read More Thanking God For The Valley
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