For the past couple of weeks, even while writing my last post ‘Hearing God part 3 – Hope for those who don’t‘, one passage from the Bible has sat in my mind and refused to budge. This has taken me by surprise for this particular passage is not one I have ever given a great deal of thought. I have only ever read it, thought that it was rather strange and then continued on. But as I have pondered upon it, and read about it, I have wondered if there are lessons that we can and should learn from it.
Continue reading “The staggering reality of God contending with man”Hearing God part 3 – Hope for those who don’t
I was in conversation with someone recently, and they spoke to me about how they have never heard from God. They said that they have tried. That they have sought to listen, and they have asked God to speak, but they do not hear anything. They told me how they longed to hear from God in the way so many others seem to, and yet that has not been their experience. And I said that I understood. For I too was once in that place.
Continue reading “Hearing God part 3 – Hope for those who don’t”When God speaks courage in the face of fear
Bravery and courage these are such weighty words. Indeed they are not terms I would use to describe myself. When I think of bravery, I think of knights in armour, clad for battle, unwavering before the storm that assails them. Courage seems to be the trait of those who wander far off lands in search of the lost, wounded and broken.
Continue reading “When God speaks courage in the face of fear”Where do I begin?
It is so easy to pretend that we are something that we are not. We like to portray an image of who we are to others: to our friends, acquaintances, strangers, to God and even to ourselves. It is often so much easier to live a life of pretence than to face the reality of who we are and the circumstances that surround us. Obviously, our society encourages this by bombarding us with opportunities to escape – whether it be through movies, binge-watching tv series, unending opportunities to lose ourselves in books, gaming, or any other form of entertainment. And our online image can be so divorced from the reality of who we are that we can fool the world into thinking that we are someone other than ourselves.
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