For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13-14) God Sent His Son It is tragic when people die because that was not the plan. It is tragic when people suffer because that […]
Read More JJ25 #17 – Forgive and RedeemI was reading a headline that said that a church figure suggested an individual was a “committed Christian”. The context was that the individual was going into a top political position in his country. It was as though the church figure who made the comments wanted to commend this individual and reassure us that because […]
Read More JJ24 #56: The Life Renewed – A People RemindedYou belong to me. Some are uncomfortable with that phrase. The possessive aspect sounds restrictive. It sounds like ownership. Nobody owns me, is the response to that. My parents didn’t raise me for someone else to “possess” me, is the reaction. I’m my own person, I can do what I want, is the retort to […]
Read More JJ24 #52: The Renewed Life – A People Redeemed(Reflections and notes on Ruth 3. To find out more about the series of Ruth Reflections, read this.) God loves it when a plan comes together. Everyone celebrates the goal, but sometimes what leads to the goal can be just as exciting. Indeed such is the interest in what leads to the goal that there is […]
Read More Ruth Reflections: 04 – The Set-Up for A Set-UpGary envied Tim for a long time. Tim had his wife, children, parents and siblings. He could always go back home to them. Every time when they showed up to work on a Monday morning, Tim would always have a story of what he did with his family. Even the reports of not doing much […]
Read More What Is The Way Back Home?He felt good about himself. His bills were paid on time again. There were no outstanding debts. He was able to get his girls the outfits they pointed out last week. He saw his son get the latest kit to go to support his team with the season ticket he renewed on time. He saw […]
Read More Who Is This Good News For?It is a reality to me that having made certain mistakes in life, I’m very keen that those in my sphere of influence don’t make the same ones. I’m not stopping them making other mistakes. They can carry on with that. In as much as I can, though, I get the impression that I’ve made […]
Read More Restored to RestoreWhat happened? Something happens. People are involved in the happening. People observe the happening. People will get impressions on the happening. From there different narratives will be developed on what happened. Some will come together neatly and depending on those involved, it will become the accepted story for what happened. The way the happening is […]
Read More When Something HappenedHe messed up big time. He was dumped from the company. They said he would have no future in the industry. That was that. Apparently It’s just that at his lowest point, someone gave him a chance to operate again, at a lower level, in the background under the radar. More importantly than anything, he […]
Read More When They’ve Written You OffYou ever see someone come back from an injury too quickly? The player suffered the injury and it put him out of the game for a long time. Everyone was keen for him to make a full recovery, but the medical team and the coach depended on the player to be truthful in sharing the […]
Read More The Rise After The Fall Comes When We Fall To Be Risen
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