Moving beyond woundedness
Three weeks in and out of bed with different viruses has given me an appreciation for my general, overall, good health. I don't like being bed bound, but sometimes your body wants nothing more than to rest and recover from the virulent virus that has attacked it. So it is great to be up and [...]
The dark side of me!
I know what people generally see in me and I am acutely aware of what they don’t! As a rule people don't see the dark side of my life. It is not that I am intentional about hiding aspects of my life—I simply don't want people to see the dismal side of me that sometimes [...]
Trusting God
How easily we use these words. Calamity strikes, and we say, “Trust God”. We face a problem, and we are told, “Just trust God”. Recently I was challenged by these words: “What would trusting God look like to you in a difficult real-life situation?” Well, right now I have the difficult real-life situation. Working out [...]
Life is short—seize the day
A friend of ours tragically lost his wife a few months ago. They were out enjoying the day together when she had a fatal accident that took her life. I was reminded of the Scripture in James 4:14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a [...]
Quiet queen or quarrelsome quean?
Esther was an amazing woman. Her story is in the book of Esther, found in the Old Testament. She had the ability to please those in authority. She was a foreigner in the land. She wisely asked advice and followed suggestions. She was chosen to be the wife of a king from among many young and beautiful girls. She underwent a [...]
Old-fashioned words
Isn’t it strange how words are used for a long period of time, and then become unfashionable and are seldom heard of again? Words like chaste and cavalier, abomination and zealot. 2 Peter 1:5 says: Make every effort to add to your faith moral excellence, and to moral excellence knowledge. 'Excellence' is a word we hear [...]
A living, loving relationship
We cannot go through life without good relationships. We are born into a family, and our relationship with our parents is our mainstay as we grow from childhood to adulthood. Through our formative years we make friends with those we meet at school, or Sunday School, or through our sporting activities. We may bond with [...]