Never Borrow Sorrow from Tomorrow Deal only with the present — never step into tomorrow, For God asks us just to trust Him and to never borrow sorrow, For the future is not ours to know, and it may never be, So let us live and give our best and […]
Faith
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The word patience comes from the Latin verb ‘patior’ which means “to suffer.” Doctors waiting room, patients waiting, some less than patient. ‘He is normally not like this, we have been here an hour’. The patience of the patient is wearing patently thin! I find waiting difficult. I think most […]
We all have feelings, but what does God want you to do with your feelings? Perhaps God wants you to bring the feelings to God first. I have emotions I am human, and as a creation of God, I have emotions. I have feelings. God feels, so therefore I do. […]
We want to have a life of comfort, but this prayer asks that God bless you with discomfort at easy answers. A dangerous prayer to pray. May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you […]
I started my career in Mental Health support in a large old boarding that was a kind of halfway house for people needing quite intensive support. Hanging on the wall of the lounge was a wooden plaque with this Maori Proverb on it. He aha te mea nui? He […]
So why did you have me born? I wish no one had ever laid eyes on me! I wish I had never been born I wish I had never been born I wish I’d never lived—a stillborn, buried without ever having breathed. Isn’t it time to call it quits on […]
He was taking a risk in releasing it to the wild and unknown. The Gentle Art of Letting Go It cooed quietly then off and away it flew as Noah let it go. 7 long days Noah waited and hoped. The Dove returned, olive leaf in its beak, it was […]
A friend and I were talking the other day about ticks. Not the nicest of topics but apparently in Australia they have ticks that can cause paralysis to a dog, and then eventually death. Reflecting on this I remembered what Dr. Larry Crabb wrote. ‘What is a tick there for, […]