”Not because I am worthy. Not because I have gotten it all right. His grace have kept me thus far.” Losing her son was a pain that pushed open unexpected doors. Although, she misses her baby. She could go on and on about him. She has seen the healing power of God even when it looked unsurvivable. […]
I thought I knew what it was to be patient until my visit to the mechanic. “You know what madam, until you get the car fixed don’t drive anything close to average speed!” Huh! I was shocked. Tell me about driving in a snail’s speed until we were ready to get the car fixed. How […]
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. Psalm 50:10-12 You know the look […]
I wish I wrote more. I wish I had more time to do so. I wish I did a few more things. I wish my commitment to present tasks were better. Maybe I would have done better if… My closing thoughts as the year drew its closing curtains. Does this sound like you too? When […]
David had been reluctant to serve the other Sunday school kids. I asked him why but he murmured under his voice, “They won’t say thank you”. In this case, I just smiled at him… To be sure, he was expecting me to lash out on the smaller kids. Instead, I simply responded with a smile. That […]
It is my Advent Prayer to focus on what truly matters. What prepares your heart for the Lord? Is it the decorations, the queued menu, palatable dishes, glitz and glamour of shopping carts or the fanciful Christmas tree? The Lord is passing by your home do you have room for Him to stay? Is your […]
‘I just want to know what the wooden chips in the bowl was. I have seen you eat those’ he said. My eyes were wide with shock of what the young man asked. ‘What do you mean?’ Wanting to clear myself of every assumption. ‘Please don’t be embarrassed. I don’t know what it is’. He replied. […]
I know what it means to be overwhelmed. The last month had been that way for me. Sadly, the last weeks my struggle against time, schedule and plans grew. And one night I knew I had hit the brick wall. The brick wall was called overwhelmed! I got off the bed left everything including the […]
Recall the woman at the well? Yes the very woman whom Jesus told about her life. Bible Reading: John 4: 4-42 The woman whom Jesus offered the water of life. She had a record, may be one she was ashamed of. May be her name was on the lips of whisperers in the city. But […]
Recently a lady evangelist was hacked to death in Northern Nigeria. The details are murky and the sight gory. Tempted to complain and ask God why this had to happen but I remembered several inicidents in the Bible of Men and Women prepared to surrender their whole life for Jesus. Many of whom died for […]