Choose your top 3 from this list – Sushi, BMW, Burger, Switzerland, Jeep, Skiing, Xbox, Cycling, Botswana, iPhone. Did you make a choice? It’s not easy when the list is long and all mixed up. Decisions are something we are all faced with every day. Cognitive scientists have discovered that the more options we have… Continue reading Joe 3:14 – Decisions, decisions
Have you ever put so much effort into something you almost fainted? I have had this experience running ultramarathons. These races are a big stretch for me as a rather average runner. Often the last few hours push me way beyond my limit resulting in me sometimes feeling light-headed and close to fainting from exhaustion.… Continue reading Psa 84:2 – Fainting
“He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name.” (Amos 5:8). Pleiades, Orion, the earth’s rotation, and evaporation. These four things Amos says God… Continue reading Amo 5v8 – The big four
Devotion. We can be devoted to many things. Sports. Social media. Career. Family. A pretty good indicator of our devotion is what we spend time on. However, the word devotion carries a deeper meaning. Its original meaning is the “act of consecrating by a vow”. This means that devotion is about worship and promise. And… Continue reading Col 4v2 – Devoted
Mothers naturally do some things better than fathers. One of these is comforting. Maybe it’s because of the bond created at birth when a mother holds her newborn child. But whatever the reason, it’s a comfort found nowhere else except one place, the origin of comfort – God. “As a mother comforts her child, so… Continue reading Isa 66v13 – Our comfort
It was our first Comrades marathon, a huge 90km (56 mi) race, and the fear was palpable. When the gun boom shattered the darkness, runners surged forward, intent on keeping their goal pace even on the first hill. We ran slowly and even walked the hill. I recall the looks and mumbled comments, “they will… Continue reading Rom 3v28 – Setting the pace
There is no greater gift from a parent than the gift of love. A parent loves unconditionally – whether a child fails or succeeds, in bad times and good times. It’s this love, this undeserved love of a parent, that does more to nurture us than anything else. In a world where people are quick… Continue reading Rom 5v5 – Pouring love
Take a moment and think of your three most valued possessions. It could be clothing, technology, jewellery, a car, a house, or anything else. Now consider how often these valued possessions, or our desire to obtain newer versions of them, consume our time and energy. In Ecclesiastes 5:15, we are told – “We all come… Continue reading Ecc 5v15 – My possessions
The hike up the mountain was longer than we expected, and as the day wore on and the sun beat down, our water supplies were quickly depleted. Soon finding water was all we could think about. The baking sun was relentless and our mouths were parched. I could think of nothing else – not the… Continue reading Psa 42v2 – Desperately Thirsty
“Former FTX Boss says, ‘I didn’t try to commit fraud’” – “New board to fight corruption and theft of city’s resources“. The news headlines today. Do you get depressed with the corruption in the world and feel there just is no end to this? This isn’t new. Two thousand years ago Peter warned his generation… Continue reading Act 2v40 – Anti-Corruption!