Category: Personal
Don’t let the title fool you, my wife does not hassle me. What hassles me are the heights of Scripture! Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. — Ephesians…
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” — Edith Lovejoy Pierce Over the last few weeks, thousands—if not, millions—of people embarked on a journey of personal development, growth, change, and self-betterment. Many will see their new resolutions to the end of the year, many more will see their resolutions fail in the first month. I, myself, am one such person who would fail, if I were to make a resolution. The simple reason comes down to…
These last few days, I’ve really wrestled with a particular temptation. Yet, as I reflect and submit myself before God, I find that the scary reality is not that I have fallen to temptation—rather, that the lacking of conviction to surrender and submit certain areas of my life to God. It is not that I do not recognise that I should submit, it is not that I do not recognise the dangers and pitfalls of sin, it is not that I think that I’m able to “just quit” at anytime. Simply, the greater temptation, and the true struggle with sin,…
My friend and I like to share interesting passages of Scripture which we find in our regular reading, and this morning he sent me two seemingly conflicting passages of Scripture which cause one to think about a very serious issue: does God cause man to sin? The Scriptures in question are: Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”2 Samuel 24:1 Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.1 Chronicles 21:1
One of the things that struck me last night when I returned home was that I had a wardrobe. I looked around for the suitcase that I had lived out of for the last 5 weeks and I had already unpacked and put everything away (I’m efficient, what can I say?). Anyhow, it caused me to realise and reflect upon something which I want to share with you—how long could you live out a suitcase?
