You are exploring a remote island with friends when you come across a cave concealed with a tangled mass of vines. Thrusting your way through the curtain your torch stabs into the dark interior. Suddenly a glint of light catches your attention. It’s an old brass lamp half hidden in a broken box. At the… Continue reading Act 2v28 – Real wishes
Do you know that Israel is only the size of the Kruger National Park? The population is only approx. nine million – about the same as the population of London. Yet Israel has a disproportionate impact on world politics. For example, a search of Google shows Israel, which is 114x smaller than Algeria, appears four… Continue reading Eze 5:5 – Centre of the world!
I’m flying in a small plane and all is well until suddenly the clouds close in. The pilot needs to rely totally on his satellite navigation system. Asking a nearby plane wouldn’t help as they too would have no idea where they were. Asking the air traffic won’t help unless the plane is really close.… Continue reading Psa 25:9 – Flying in clouds
There is a proverb attributed to Benjamin Franklin – “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”. This is so true in life. We need to have goals and plans to reach our goals. However, there is another proverb written by Solomon thousands of years earlier. “In their hearts, humans plan their course,… Continue reading Pro 16:9 – Walking God’s way
Beauty and danger dance together in the Namib desert. The beauty of the rusty red colours belies the heat and danger of this vast landscape. It’s easy to get lost, and so marker poles have been placed to show the route to a beautiful vlei hidden between the towering dunes. Life’s journey is like a… Continue reading John 3:14-15 – The pole
As we make the steep descent down into the Fish River canyon we are faced with trying to find a path. One path has large rocks that will need to be clambered down, while the other is a gentler shale-covered slope. It’s not long after choosing the easier looking path that we realise our mistake.… Continue reading Psa 37:23-24 – Rocky paths
“There’s a lovely walk in the forest here.” These are the words that started our unplanned hike. However, it wasn’t long before we were unsure of which way to go. It’s then that I remembered I had an app on my phone that has maps of trails. Using this, we found the way. Further along… Continue reading Pro 3:5-6 – The app
Once upon a time, a traveller came upon an impenetrable forest into which two paths led in different directions. “Which way should I go?” the traveller asked the man standing at the entrance. “You must choose,” he replied. “On the left path, you are in charge of everything. There will be many obstacles. You will… Continue reading Deu 30:19 – The traveller
Vegetables or meat? Blue or Yellow? North or south? Jazz or Rock. Choices. We all have to make choices in life. Some choices are not too important, while others can have life-altering implications. “As for me and my family, we will choose the Lord” (Joshua 24:15). Joshua made this choice, a choice that would impact… Continue reading Jos 24:15 – Choices
Some years ago myself and a group of friends set out on a crazy hike up a mountain. It was getting dark, we were exhausted, and a mist was descending. We reached a split in the path. Tired and unsure we made a choice. It turned out to be the wrong path which resulted in… Continue reading Jer 6:16 – Crossroads