It took me a while, but I did come to realise there has to be a good reason to wake up and get out of bed in the morning. My parents were not the lazy sort at all. Very industrious, tenacious, committed folks who knew all about a hard day’s work. In fact I got […]
Read More December Thanks #15: MotivationThe idea was a good one. It would have given us the right focus to help achieve what was needed. It was heard out with due patience and consideration and then rejected with little reason given. That was a bit baffling. As time elapsed other suggestions and comments with dismissed out of hand and the […]
Read More December Thanks #14: OppositionA good friend of mine took me to watch a movie recently. I have probably been to about half a dozen films at the cinema this year. The film I watched with my friend is the second best one of the year. A really good story was told. Why I am grateful for stories is […]
Read More December Thanks #13: StoriesMy 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: HopeGod looks out for me. 2016 has been a fascinating year for a number of reasons. Yet recently I have been able to briefly stop and be grateful for the fact that God looks out for me. The tag of laziness has long been one never to be placed on me. Of late, however, I […]
Read More December Thanks #08: RestKing Saul needed someone to deal with the torment that he felt within. Those around him saw that his troubled state needed soothing. The idea they came up with was to get a musician in on the job who could play a few tunes. They got the right guy and more often than not whenever […]
Read More December Thanks #07: MusicIt occurred to me again recently that there’s an order to things where I am concerned. I am a writer because I am a reader. If I didn’t read I wouldn’t be as curious and desirous to express myself in writing. In a similar way, I am only ever much of a teacher because I […]
Read More December Thanks #04: LearningThere is a look of exasperation that appears on your face as you become the recipient of the umpteenth act of misfortune. You know, you drag all the bags of shopping into the room and discover that you forgot the flour that you were told quite clearly you had to buy. It was a tough day anyway and the store […]
Read More Not Just CopingIt’s not a hopeless quest. Among other terms I enjoy, there’s the term ‘ideal’. Whenever anyone starts a statement with the phrase ‘in the ideal world’, I buckle up and get ready for a lesson in the real world ain’t like we like it and we just have to lump it. ‘In the ideal world, […]
Read More It’s Not Always That StraightforwardAuthenticity is at the very heart of intimacy with God and each other. It’s also the hardest thing to consistently practice because of the tendency to play a role. Notice the quest is not for Christian perfection or everything being right doctrinally. It is to come across authentic Christian fellowship. This is not to suggest […]
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