Tag Archives: God

Shelve them and move on Bible: Proverbs 15:30-33 Reading Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise (V.31). I remember some good advice a friend once gave me. Years before, as my friend struggled to know how to deal with criticism and praise, he felt that God was encouraging him to shelveContinueContinue reading “Shelve them and move on”

Beyond help Bible: Acts 9:1-18 Reading Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved (ACTS 2:21). The man seemed beyond help. His crimes included eight shootings (killing six) and starting almost 1,500 fires that terrorised an entire city. He left letters mocking the police at his crime scenes. He was finallyContinueContinue reading “Beyond help”

Borrowed Bible: 2 Timothy 1 : 6 – 4 Reading The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it (PSALM 24:1). As we said grace before lunch, my friend Jeff prayed: “Father, thank you for letting us breathe your air and eat your food.” Jeff had just been through a difficult time, so his trustContinueContinue reading “Borrowed”

Here be dragons? Bible: 2 Timothy 1 : 6 – 4 Reading The Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline (V.7). Legend has it that at the edges of medieval maps (which stopped at the end of the ‘known’ world) there’d be the words, “Here beContinueContinue reading “Here be dragons?”