The movies do it so well. It amazes me how film can express the awkward, emotional moments that portray the stress of discord in a relationship so vividly that I sit there with a knot in my stomach. A long lost brother coming home for a special occasion, either a funeral or a wedding, puts…
Tag: faith
41. Everything is wrong!
Oh! It’s so easy. Pick up a newspaper and start reading … and read until a deep, dark mood decides nothing works out right. Unpleasant, angry feelings fill your inner being. You know that your standards for good living, good government, good decisions and good environment are down the drain with no apology, no compensation….
33. Order or chaos – the best way.
News images of the world bring the chaos of war, natural disasters and poverty to our lounges daily. In our own lives we struggle against chaos every day. We tidy up, clean, categorize, file and plan to ensure an orderly and effective existence. Chaos is like a monster always ready to devour and destroy. It…
23. Check the cartridge.
How could we ever measure love? Is it an all or nothing, a little bit when things are rough and a lot when we feel accepted and valued? We are studying the role of the Holy Spirit in our life and learning the immeasurable love of God by realizing the riches of His glory in…
22. Where is your God?
Post modern people sneer at believers. They rant about alleged inconsistencies in the Bible and nurse their bitterness about church hurt and disappointment with God. They cling to a twisted perception of what God should be in their unchallenged, intellectual approach to things unseen, beyond the realms of the mind. Christians rarely have the answers…
17. Gold in your hand.
“Unbelief will destroy the best of us: faith will save the worst of us.” Charles Spurgeon. No matter how much we learn, there will always be some mystery surrounding God’s character and ways. It is always a reminder that He is so much bigger and more than we could ever imagine in our wildest dreams….
14. Digging ditches for the year
The future has always been a source of fascination for most people. The uncertainty, almost mystical element of time to come, is weighed and reasoned. Tomorrow, next week and coming months are measured and counted, but our planning can only put a vague structure on time. Unplanned events can throw our life-map in disarray. Knowledge…
2. Your name is written.
Living a full life is a varied, exciting and risky business. In many ways our experiences shape us and leave us with some set ideas, either positive or negative. CS Lewis calls experience the “most brutal of teachers”. Every person on the face of the earth is willingly or unwillingly “collecting” experience. What then distinguishes…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 