A daily walk in faith, hope and love
GOOD FRIDAY The season of Easter, particularly good Friday, affords us the opportunity to do a bit of memory work, with a reflection on what got us to where we are. We journey back through the pages of scripture and in there, we see the price has been paid for each one of us.That realisation... Continue Reading →
102/365 DO YOU KNOW THE SEASONS Exodus 12:2 This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. Seasons are often divided into blocks of time. It can therefore be a great challenge to accurately predict the exact times when transitions occur from one to the next.... Continue Reading →
SEEKING OPPORTUNITY 101/365 Matthew 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 'A time or a set of circumstances that make something possible' - that is the definition of an opportunity. Thus, regardless of the intention behind one's search for an opportunity, one thing is highlighted 'there is a time and set... Continue Reading →
MORE TO DO 100/365 Isaiah 49:6 Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the... Continue Reading →
DIFFERENT MOTIVES 99/365 John 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? The very fact that Judas and Mary each had very different plans for the same bottle of ointment takes us on a brief journey into the psyche of others. Sometimes, we will never truly understand... Continue Reading →
PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL 98/365 Philippians 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Men like to be 'up'- be the best, be at the top, be seen as successful. No one wakes up and has as a life's target the desire to be at... Continue Reading →
97/365 THREAT ASSESSMENT John 11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. A threat is a mental assessment made after looking carefully at a situation. Different people might perceive different situations with different eyes- thus what one... Continue Reading →
96/365 A DELICATE BALANCE I attended a workshop today and it was a day for some deep learning about self and others. Among the things I heard was this one statement which had quite a bit of an impact: "You can't bring all of your heart to your workplace all of the time, but you... Continue Reading →
95/365 Genesis 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. Abraham came from a blood line of common folk, not earthly royalty. So when God declared 'Kings shall come from you', that would have sounded like an idea a bit overstretched.... Continue Reading →
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