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A Thought I’ve discovered something about myself… and it feels a little crazy to say I don’t think I’ve truly believed in joy. I think I’ve become so used to facing life’s struggles that, in some ways, I’ve worn them like a badge of honour. Almost as if suffering made me “better”… More faithful… More righteous. And without realising it, I think I made pain an idol. I made it seem okay to live a life without joy. Without hope. And that, my friend… is not okay. The truth is, ha

A Thought In a world full of evil, choose to be good. Even when being evil seems popular and even easier to choose to be good. Choose to be kind. Choose to be loving. For that kind of heart finds favour with God. Do not grow tired of doing good. Doing the right thing can be tiring… even thankless. We keep pursuing what is right, and sometimes it feels like there is no reward for it. But perhaps the reward is that we are able to live with ourselves. And more than that, when

A Thought We are but jars of clay… and the Lord chose to place His powerful Spirit within us. As fickle and susceptible to breaking as we are, He still chose us, loved us, and uses us. Clay is moulded from the earth. It is created from dust, mixed with water, placed in heat, and shaped by its creator. Yet the one thing we must never forget is this: it is still just a jar. A jar that can break. A jar that will not outlast its maker. It can look beautiful. It can hold beautif

A Thought Hard and difficult paths are a part of life. And sometimes, as we walk and tread on those paths, it becomes very difficult to imagine that God is with us — even there. Because it feels so heavy. So overwhelming. There’s a saying: “I didn’t know rock bottom had a basement.” That feeling of going through something so difficult, only to be faced with something even harder. And yet, even there it is possible, it is real, and it is true God walks with us. Storms are a

A Thought I recently watched a video on hope, and it was probably one of the best descriptions of hope I’ve heard. “Patience is easier than hope because you are waiting for something you know is coming. Hope is hard because you are waiting for something that may not arrive — and that is a different kind of faith.” — Dulcé Sloan (The video was on Instagram.) https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU9A1mqD3gn/ The Bible speaks about hope deferred making the heart sick (Proverbs 13:

A Thought There is a hymn, ’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus . One of the lines is not just a lyric — it is a request, a plea: “Oh, for grace to trust Him more.” When I think of the Psalms, they, too, are filled with pleas. Raw prayers. Honest cries. This hymn is the same as a human heart approaching God with need. And isn’t that beautiful? The humanity of it all — to go to God with your own version of a plea, to bring Him your stuff. Imagine if our lives became constant pra

A Thought I don’t think I’ll ever “love” the story of Job. To lose so much and still choose God if that isn’t faith, I don’t know what is. Life sometimes deals us hands that are heavy, even unbearable. But the truth is, we do not live in suffering; we go through it. Though it presses on us, we carry it like our own cross. Tim Keller says it well: “Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.” Every season, if we’re wise, is a season to w

A Thought Have you ever wanted to run away, as big as you are, with all the responsibilities you carry, just run far where no one knows you and no one can hold you accountable? Well, I had that feeling, and I was reminded of this story my old principal, Mr Hoffman, told to our matric class, paraphrasing, but here it goes. A man was travelling from one town to another he stopped at a petrol station and found an old petrol attendant and asked: "Sir, do you know anything ab

A Thought Have you ever walked the same path and discovered something new along the way, even though it felt so familiar? Have you ever driven on a road and noticed something you had missed, despite traveling that road countless times? I think that sometimes, in the rushing busyness of life, it is so easy to overlook little gems that carry hope, strength, and beauty. Next time, perhaps you could take a moment to pause, just for a bit, look around, and see if you can find so

A Thought Have you ever seen a toddler outrun a parent? Well, I have, and that scene is both entertaining and sobering because you recognize the fact that the toddler really thinks he can run Dad, but you also recognize that soon enough, that baby has to go back home. When it comes to life, you and I are that toddler, and God is Dad. We could not run far enough away from God before he finds us. No matter how far off the deep end of sin you have gone, no matter how great the

A Thought Life sometimes has a way of knocking you down so hard that you forget to breathe on the way down. It’s only when your head hits the ground that you remember to breathe. I recently had a week that felt like that for me—a combination of madness on madness. This is what it looked like - I was broke then, my car brakes gave out, I scraped around to make it to work that morning by 9 am, the car was fixed and moving. Later the same day, not even joking, the car broke down

A Thought Is it not interesting that God uses flawed people to bring about his will and purposes? Think about a scenario in your life where God has allowed a flawed person to stay in a position when you could easily see or even choose a better man or woman to fill that spot. Be it a parent, a boss, a pastor, and let's not mention a politician - they are perfect. Now, look at you and really think about everything you have that you think you deserve, and that which you don't.

A Thought Maybe the crazy life that you're living right now is a life that you are staying in, not because you want to stay in it, but out of fear. Adam and Eve did the exact same thing after they sinned. They hid from God, and the interesting thing is that even when they hid, God already knew what they had done. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day, so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden f

A Thought I am going to break your heart If you knew that your relationship would end with you broken-hearted, would you still go into it? If you were told before you got pregnant that your child would be hooked on drugs, steal every penny from you with no remorse, and denounce you as a parent, would you have that child? Knowing a friend would betray you deeply, would you still befriend them? These are uncomfortable questions, even unsettling. Are relationships worth it?

A Thought After a long day, one of my great goals is to get into bed. I think Jesus, like us, had the same thought on this one day. Having just completed the Lord's work and heading toward more work, he went into a boat, grabbed a pillow, and slept. Whilst he slept, a storm crept in, and in fear, his disciples woke him. His response was to calm the storm and ask the disciples "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” Mark 4:39. This moment is loaded with

A Thought I regard worrying as a form of anxiety. One of the best illustrations I’ve ever heard about worrying is that it’s like a rocking chair; it keeps you moving, but it gets you nowhere. However, I want to amend that analogy slightly and say this: If that rocking chair rocks long enough and with enough weight, eventually it will fall. And when it does, whatever is on it, whatever it’s carrying, will fall with it. Scripture tells us to “cast all our cares on the Lord” (1

A Thought I think I fought battles that were never mine to fight and gave up fights that I should have never relented from because of fear. In doing so, I walked away from God’s call and gave up a talent, a life. " As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received ." - Ephesians 4:1. This urge from Paul recks my soul because it is not just a nudge its him begging me and the Holy Spirit fanning that flame even more that I cho

A Thought There is this story in the Bible about a prophetess named Deborah, who also happened to be the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel. One of her roles as a judge entailed leading battles and governing. In her tenure, Israel was in battle, and she led a victorious fight with the help of faithful men and women. When the battle was over, her response was a song of worship: “Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will praise the Lo

A Thought Don’t wait for better days to live in the joy of life. I’ve noticed this pattern in myself, always striving, always looking to the future, and in doing so, I often miss the beauty of now. After the passing of someone I knew, I found myself wondering: Was their life lived with some measure of joy? It made me pause and reflect. Life is happening right now—in the journey, in the process. And that is the joy. Walk with Him. Walk in the joy of the everyday. Joy isn’t a

A Thought Moses, a man the Bible describes as one of the greatest prophets to have ever lived, dies in a valley in Moab, and his servant Joshua is handed his mantle to carry. Living in the shadow of greatness is easier than being asked to step into it. Stepping into it comes with the sober reality of how big the shoes you have to fill are and the fear of how small you are in comparison. Yet we are asked to step into greatness anyhow… Multiple times, the words spoken to Jo