A daily walk in faith, hope and love
258/365 We read a metaphor today as the Psalmist sent out a cry for help. The amplified version somehow got me all excited and smiling: "Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the apple of Your eye; Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings" (Psalm 17:8) To this prayer, as though... Continue Reading →
239/365 Reference text: Matthew 25:14-30 The man travelling to another land called his servants and delivered unto them 'his goods' (vs 14). That is relevant because what they received was not because of their own, it was entrusted to them by another. Plainly, akin to St Paul's letter to the Corinthians 'what do you have... Continue Reading →
236/365 John 1:48 How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.” We see the face of a confused Nathaniel who asked Jesus in the Gospel of today a rather simple question 'How do you know me? Within the pages... Continue Reading →
235/365 Matthew 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. We live life looking through the scope of many lenses. The lens of education, society, the environment, or even our peers. What is common to all these reference points is the fact that they are all subjective.Thus depending on which... Continue Reading →
228/365 THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR PEACE Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. There are times when classification becomes a necessity, a reason for the creation and maintaining of specific boundaries that define the scope, reach or jurisdiction of any... Continue Reading →
AN INEXPLICABLE GAP 210/365 Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died (John 11:23). Those were the words of Martha - and in a literal sense, between healing the sick and raising the dead, the latter would be perceived by many as the bigger change. Whenever awards for improvement in performance... Continue Reading →
209/365 IN HIS HANDS Jeremiah was sent today on a visit to the potter’s house to wait for a specific word from the Lord. It is interesting how that specific location was necessary for the accurate reception of the message which would be communicated. Regardless, his experience is one for keen reflection. His words in... Continue Reading →
ANYTHING WITHOUT GOD 202/365 Jeremiah 2:13 “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Malfunctioning cisterns that hold no water and the second is a disconnect from the spring of living water.From the very onset, by... Continue Reading →
AN EXHIBITION OF WEAKNESSES 201/365 Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. Why do men tend to show off their limitations whenever God presents an assignment to them? This was the question which came to mind upon reading the introductory chapter of the book of... Continue Reading →
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