When we are experiencing multifaceted changes, our minds can easily go into overdrive - trying to cope and find ways to regain some form of regularity. When things become unpredictable, it is natural and easy to feel helpless. But we find the courage we need by being anchored in Jesus Christ, who does not change. …
Planning in the Christian’s Life Part 2
If you haven’t as yet, I invite you to read my previous blog post - Planning in the Christian Life Part 1. If we recognize that we have over committed, planning may give us time to rearrange schedules, so that we can reduce our stress. Also if we have to say no to requests, we …
Planning in the Christian Life (Part 1)
(To listen to the podcast episode for this blog post click here). We can trust God to lead us now and in the future; and it is reassuring that God has plans and a purpose for each of us. So as Christians when we look at planning, we look at planning in the context of …
Christian Life Balance
(To listen to the podcast for this blog post click here) With so much that is going on and so many choices and voices that are calling out for our attention, it is important that we really have clarity surrounding how we live our lives. The focus here is on: - approaching our lives through …
The Road Ahead
(To listen to the podcast for this blog post click here) Have you ever been in a situation when someone was trying to explain something to you, but only when you saw it for yourself you actually understood what they were talking about? Or someone was describing what they ate and how good it tasted, …
Identity in Focus
(To listen to the podcast for this blog post click here ) Maybe identity is not something that we think about consciously, but when I reflect on what identity means and how it is a part of our lives, I recognize that we are naturally identified and referred to based on the persons that we …
Through Which Lens Are We Seeing?
(To listen to the podcast for this blog post click here ) I have been reminded lately that the lens that we look through is so important. And this is reinforced each time I reflect on the poem ‘The Touch of the Master’s Hand’ by Myra Brooks Welch in 1921. Indeed our perspective affects everything …
Thankful
Some time ago as I was prayerfully reflecting on the word 'thankfuI', I wrote the following: Be Blessed
Thermometer and Thermostat
Years ago I heard a preacher comparing the functionalities of a thermometer and a thermostat to the Christian’s life. The thermostat adjusts the temperature when the temperature is at a particular value, while the thermometer only has the capability to measure the temperature. In the sermon, the preacher was urging the listeners to be like …
God’s Provision
(To listen to the podcast for this blog post click here) 'The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork' (Psalm 19:1). I like passion fruit juice and I had successfully cultivated passion fruit vines in the past. Because it had taken me about one and a half years for my …
The Case for Life Balance
In the Bible, two activities that we see people involved in were building altars for worship to God and drawing water from the wells to attend to the daily needs of the family. For example in Genesis 26:25 we read: “And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and …
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