Lately, I have had this pressing desire to simply give thanks. It was difficult at first because I honestly struggled to find things to be thankful for. It felt like hard work, almost like I was trying to drill a plastic nail into concrete. To make matters worse, my attempts felt insincere, and I couldn't get …
Flip the light switch on!
The other day, I woke up at about 5:30am to use the loo, and for reasons that seemed smart at the time, I decided not to flip the light switch on. I went about my business in the dark, and because things are always positioned the same way, I washed my hands and automatically went for the …
At the pier of humility
I feel like God has been dealing with me regarding a number of things, and dare I say that the process has (in my head) morphed into an Emmy worthy discovery series — The chronicles of self. I'll get around to spotlighting all the crusty thorns in future posts, but for today I will focus …
The way life is set up yea.
The story of the Good Samaritan in the Bible is one that we have heard multiple times. It is a story that shows the harsh reality of a selfish intolerant world, but one that also hits our sweet spots because the end of the story is good, and the bad taste it initially leaves in …
Grace in deed
Period cramps are the worst, and I am generally not my best self the first day or two. In my cramp funk I remembered a conversation that I had with a friend a few days back. In this conversation, my dear sweet darling friend revealed to me that she had no clue what it felt like to …
Rubbles on deck
On my drive home yesterday, I saw a pile of stones and the heap did not suit the perfectly trimmed landscape of the street it was on. Nevertheless, my first thought was not eek what a mess or dang that's an eye sore. Instead I thought hmm I wonder whats cooking, as in what does …
The sum of it all
In my counsellor chair, I hear a lot. They speak and I listen, the strings of my heart twisting in knots that require effort to untie. Sometimes I am together, and other times the tears win. I hear of loss and pain, & struggles and inner turmoils that are difficult to express in words. Sometimes, …
Say what?
God has a flair for doing the unusual. He often does things outside the bolded lines of reasoning; things that reposition the lines and features of our faces to form awed expressions. In amazement our mouths open, belting out inaudible sounds in head-scratching, heart-pounding, eye-popping wonder. Then the dam opens and gives way to the …
That dollar in hand…use it!
Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) land of the poor |Prov. 13:23|. Perhaps a better way to put it is as said in the GNT version, unused fields could yield plenty of food for the poor. Have you ever thought to yourself I am not enough, I do not have what it takes to …
Being ‘n’ Time
I did a hard thing today. I ran. Running is not something I am naturally inclined to do, and unlike some people that I know, I have never felt the urge to do it. There is no excitement there for me at all. But as part of my #stayfit routine, it has presented itself as …
