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I love it when God gives me an epiphany! Now this one that he gave me this week is not a new revelation to mankind but it hit home to me personally so that is why it was an epiphany to me.

I've always pondered over the scripture that says, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. (Isa 55:8)

That's just a little too beyond my comprehension. So if my thoughts aren't God's thoughts, then what are his thoughts? And how do they differ?

I do a little bit of lay counseling and have for many years now. In part of my training I learned to mirror people so that I can share like experiences with them to help them find Godly solutions to earthly problems. In doing so, that means I am vulnerable with stories I share of my own life. I don't mind being vulne...

 

Tuesday the 20th of January, 2009 was a remarkable day in the history of the United States of America. The whole world watched as President Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.

Since Obama was elected last November, there was so much preparation and anticipation towards this great event.  The event really lived up to its billing. The networks and the internet were buzzing with feeds right from the Capitol and all the way to the White House.  I was at work when the event started so I connected to the internet and viewed the event through CNN on  Facebook. I was amazed to see the number of people who had connected like I did from all over the world.


As I watched and listened to the views and comments around m...

My youngest son doesn’t speak much. His severe autism has always made language a struggle for him. Even though he is sixteen years old now his vocabulary remains very limited. His sentences are simple ones that only let us know his basic needs. Even these sometimes fail and he will need to grab our hands and show us what he wants. Still, his light-hearted laughter, delighted smile, and shining eyes can speak volumes at times. Often I only have to look at him to share in his joy. He may not be Shakespeare but his heart says so much. To me he will always be a gift from Heaven.

I can remember last Summer helping him to get his room ready for bed on a warm August evening. As it often can be with families dealing with autism it had been a long day full of ups and downs for us both. There had...

It is the beginning of a new year. A time when people look ahead into the year with renewed hope. The old year has rolled away and become history. The successes, failures, frustrations and events have become history. It is as if it never existed.

It is also a time when people make resolutions. Areas of weaknesses to be dealt with, habits to be broken and relationships to mend. These are among the things people focus on at the beginning of the year. Typically people make resolutions like;

1 To stop drinking
2 Stop lying
3 Pray at least 30 minutes a day
4 Read at least one chapter of the Bible everyday
5 Control my anger

The list goes on and on.

Unfortunately, New Year resolutions never get very far into the New Year before they are broken. Sometimes when such decisions are ma...

One thing that intrigues me about the Bible is the fact that it not only shows the good and enviable side of great men of God, it also shows the ugly side of them that I am sure they would not have wanted the Bible to record.

Let us take a look at the life of David. He was a boy who loved the Lord with all of His heart. He was never seen by his family as a candidate for the kingship of Israel. This was so obvious when the prophet Samuel was sent to the home of Jesse to select the next king of Israel. When the sons of Jesse were summoned, no one bothered to call for David.

 I can imagine how exasperated Samuel must have been, having gone through all the likely candidates and did not get God’s approval. He was forced to ask, ‘Are these all the sons you have?” (1 Samuel 16:11) This was when...

As I thought about this second in the series of lessons from our Patriarchs, I could not easily make up my mind who to take next. We are so blessed in this generation to have the benefit of hindsight, looking back at how the Patriarchs lived  the examples we can learn from them. Eventually, I had to settle for one person, Abraham. If there is one man whose life challenges me in the Bible, it is Abraham.

 

Although the Old Testament records only one instance of the call of Abraham, the New Testament records two calls. The first call was before his father Terah died. In fact, the movement from Ur had begun before the death of his father. The second call came after his father died. (Acts 7: 2-4)

 

God in His infinite wisdom chose Abraham. We were not told why He chose hi...