Posts from August 2022

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 9: 16-27 Have you ever hired someone to occupy a role and carry out a main task in your company, business or your house but found out that this person doesn’t carry out his main task- rather he prefers to attend to other duties? Or perhaps you have once been disappointed by an artisan? Probably you asked an engineer to fix a problem with your generator but instead of doing that, he simply compounded the problem?…

Bible Reading: Matthew 18:21-35  Growing up, I used to be afraid of the saying “don’t let the sun go down on your anger’’ because I was such a sensitive child who used to take offence a lot. So typically, when people offend me, I would wallow in my anger and hurt all day, then towards the end of the day, I would “make” myself let the issue go and forgive the person because after all, the following day must not…

Bible Reading: Romans 12:3-8, I Peter 4:10-11.  If you are like me and you love receiving gifts, my guess is that you like people being intentional about the gifts they give you. They must have done their investigation before giving you the gifts. I usually love the thought that went into the gift more than the gift itself. I have received a couple of gifts that when I got to open with all the appreciation in my heart, I knew…

Bible Reading: Matthew 25:14-29, Luke 16:10-12 My mom has always loved crime thrillers and investigation shows. When I was growing up, she was a detective in her own making, and the crime scene was usually my site of freshly executed house chores. When I was younger, she’d come look in the corners after I’d swept and say, “If those Crime Scene Investigation people come to this house, they will check alllll these places.” Under the chairs, behind the cupboard and…

Bible reading: Genesis 1  “Where did the time go?” This is a common phrase I catch myself asking when I have been up to something engaging while “there is no time” is associated with deadlines. These statements might come across like time is always running but when you need to wait for something important, 60 seconds can seem like a day.  Whichever side of the spectrum you fall (either having no time or too much time), you always must deal…