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Woman of faithfulness and patience The next woman I wish to discuss today appears nameless and faceless. However, between the lines of the Holy Word, you find evidence of her and her character. She was the wife of the man whose own father prophesied over him, ‘this same shall comfort us concerning our work andContinue reading “Women of Great Honour“

Women of Promise The first-ever woman is a great place to start our journey. Most of us remember her for her mistake. Her terrible sin. But isn’t that just how we are, remembering only the bad in a person. We tend to judge a person on past behaviour. I remember watching the Dr Phil show,Continue reading “Women of Great Honour“

Introduction Just get the job done! Most of us think this when starting with a task. I listen to my boys arguing in the kitchen while doing the dishes. They got a task to do, and they aren’t doing it quietly. With me, it usually happens in silence; therefore, nobody notices it happening. I believeContinue reading “Women of Great Honour”

Thirteen years ago, we came out to New Zealand from South Africa. We wanted a fresh start and a future for our two boys. In New Zealand, you can become whatever you want to be without discrimination. The so-called land of milk and honey.  A few days after arriving, my brother-in-law took us across Auckland’sContinue reading “The Choices We Make”

Scenario: “Mommy, where is grandma?” Awkward silence. “In heaven, Sweetie.” Husband drops the newspaper. “Prmth. That old bat!” Every one of us has heard this conversation before. Isn’t it strange that even atheists want to believe in a place called heaven? But Jesus warns that “not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shallContinue reading “Knowing the Host”

7-“And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. 8-Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soulContinue reading ““I Will Feed the Flock of Slaughter””

“A man’s heart deviseth his way: But the LORD directeth his steps” (Proverbs 16:9, KJV). I love this verse, but it gained new meaning during my bible study session, recently. I was reading the piece where Paul was imprisoned by the Romans because the Synagogue leaders wanted him dead. Agrippa and Festus could find noContinue reading “God Direct Our Steps”