Who Is Faithful?

Praying is very good. In prayer we communicate with God and He communicates with us. There we can pour our hearts out to Him. Pour out our worries, pour out our cares, pour out our love and pour out our praises. It really is quite something. There is the issue, however, of sometimes asking God […]

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Wisdom Takes Time

We were discussing the issue of how much time you give someone in a job for them to get used to it. My colleague was adamant that certain things take time.  I was equally adamant that certain things should have been discerned at this stage. He said quite clearly ‘wisdom takes time’.  At the time […]

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Finding What’s Good

There are plenty of interests, relationships and concerns that I would define as ‘a good thing’. My interest in writing, for example, is something I’d call a good thing.  Using the opportunity to express myself in words is something in which I take great delight. I relish it. The interest in football I would certainly class […]

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Born For Adversity

It’s almost as though they sense when it’s coming and they swoop to support. I’m not sure if people are ever meant to have lots and lots of friends. When you consider what’s involved in a close relationship, the investment of time, the sharing of lives, progressing from simply superficial acquaintance to deep understanding, it […]

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Celebrating Self Control

Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. (Proverbs 16:32) Acts of physical aggression in the larger scheme of things is relatively easy. After all it tends to be the first course of action when sufficiently agitated. From thiz it can eb stated that it is not the […]

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Envy Rots Bones

There’s a lot to be said for contentment. The episode is shown of what happened when someone thought the grass would be greener on the other side.  After all the fruit looked good to eat and if it would actually make them god-like, well what could be wrong with that?  The moment that act of […]

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Good Walking Companions

A friend of mine shared a quote he came across that suggested that one is the average of the five people you spend the most time with. I found this concerning as I spend the most time with my three daughters, my wife and after that a colleague whose a tutor who also happens to […]

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When Righteousness Rules

When people think of politicians, journalists and similar professions, the thoughts are not always positive. Indeed there can be a somewhat cynical view of those either in authority or who are meant to be reporting on those in authority. The cynicism comes from the experience of how power corrupts and the pursuit of power can […]

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Well I Say

It wasn’t that long ago when the ways of communicating were fairly limited. Face to face, telephone call and a letter. Perhaps those were your options.  Sure there was a telegram, but that was for the posh folks.  There was also the fax which again was reserved for those considerably richer than me. Usually those […]

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The Wise Option

There appears to be only two choices.  This is not a shopping trip with hundreds of brands and styles to go for.  Only two. One has a home built on solid foundations. The invitation is extended for those to come and eat food thoroughly prepared in a welcoming home.  As the meal is enjoyed there […]

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