Do our lives actually match our proclaimed Faith?

Lockdown Diary Reflections

LOCKDOWN DIARY INTRODUCTION After following the Covid-19 outbreak, worldwide, for the past 4 weeks, as closely as I can, being in contact with friends and family WORLD-WIDE as well as observing the online behaviour of people in South Africa for the past couple of weeks, I have some reflections on this matter. I want to document (for my own record) how I see and feel about this issue. I also want to see how my opinion about this might evolve during this unfolding worldwide crisis and defining moment in history. For those of you who read this: It is important to note that I am a Bible Believing Christian. I believe God is completely Sovereign and in control. I believe that if I accept the GOOD from God, I also need to accept the BAD (Job 2:10) and that He works out EVERYTHING to its proper end, even a wicked day of disaster (Proverbs 16:4) I believe that by doing GOOD, the ignorant talk of foolish people will be silenced (1 Peter 2:5) - during this perio...

for those who are weary....

Come to Me Deep soul weariness: We all experience it, though in different ways and for different reasons. Sometimes we can point to a significant factor, but often we can’t. Our weariness results from the cumulative, multilayered intersections of life’s complexities, bodily frailties, emotional heartbreaks, and the consequences of sin. It surpasses understanding. The simplicity of Jesus’s promise is both striking and refreshing. Jesus doesn’t offer us a four-fold path to peace-giving enlightenment, like the Buddha did. He doesn’t give us five pillars of peace through submission as Islam does. Nor does he give us “10 Ways to Relieve Your Weariness,” which we pragmatic, self-help-oriented 21st century Americans are so drawn to. Unique to anyone else in human history, Jesus simply offers himself as the universal solution to all that burdens us. Click the text above to read the whole article... May you find REST for your weary soul at HI...

facing your giants.....

we all have them. giants in our lives. those things that are like mountains and prevent us from being who God intended us to be when we surrender to Him. but for some reason, we just can't face those giants. we pretend they are not there, we take detours when we see them coming, or we feign ignorance when someone mentions them - but no matter how we try, they will always be there and you will always be in their shadow until you face them. head on. David did that. he faced a huge giant - Goliath. David only had a slingshot, a few pebbles and FAITH. Goliath had the armour and the whole army behind him! David had ridicule and laughter - no one thought he could do anything but fail. yet he did not fail. he triumphed over the giant at that stage. At a later stage in his life, he would have to face more giants. adultery and murder as well as disobedience to God. he did not fare so good with these gi...

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