Observers might look at a person's life and say "they got lucky". Yet, it would surprise us to know that life is not always a game of chance and probability. There is a 'how' to obtaining from life the results desired. You may know what to do, but there is a how to do it... Continue Reading →
RECEIVING GOOD THINGS
Mary's visit to the home of Zechariah, where Elizabeth lived, gave us privy to hear these words Elizabeth spoke to her: "But why is this honour done me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"(Luke 1:43) Let us paint another version where Mary enters this home and Elizabeth starts with " what... Continue Reading →
GOD KNOWS BEST
DAY 93/366 Among the leading causes of conflict is misinterpretation and misunderstanding. Where what is intended to be communicated isn't what is received. The scene for our reflection is at the beautiful gate, where a man who had been born lame from birth, was carried to daily to ask alms. Our point of interest is the... Continue Reading →
HUMAN SIN MEETS DIVINE LOVE
DAY 76/366 On the celebration of Palm Sunday which marks Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, the one question arising is what would have been the motives of those who had Jesus killed? In fact, one wonders what could have gotten a man like Jesus killed. Besides the identification of human attributes like greed and jealousy,... Continue Reading →
ROLES TO PLAY
ROLES TO PLAY DAY 337 OF 365 IN 2021 Matthew 9:28 They went right into the house where he was staying, and Jesus asked them, “Do you believe I can make you see?” “Yes, Lord,” they told him, “we do.” Today's lesson triggers a need to expand briefly on receiving from God. Like the two... Continue Reading →
RECEIVING MUST FOLLOW GIVING
DAY 265 OF 365 IN 2021 RECEIVING MUST FOLLOW GIVING The opening and closing verses of today's text are highlighted to draw our attention to something. There was first a giving,"When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases," (Luke 9:1) This... Continue Reading →