Category: DEVOTION

THE UGLY UNDERNEATH

THE UGLY UNDERNEATH

How many of us look in the bathroom mirror with honesty? I must confess that I use it less and less as I get older: I don't need the added stress. No amount of makeup or facelift work will hide what's taking place over time on the outside! However, the reflection I do need every day of my life; the one we all need; the one which would actually improve over time were we to apply ourselves to its betterment; the one we almost all fail to seek, is the kind in which we examine our hearts and compare it to the word of our God. What are we really like inside?

Embracing Darkness

Embracing Darkness

What makes us struggle against the problems and the darkness of life? It's the fact that we were not initially created to live in a fallen, fractured, hostile world. However, here we are living in that very place, like it or not.

How Much Is God Involved In Our Problems?

How Much Is God Involved In Our Problems?

How much is God involved in our daily lives? Does He direct all events, all outcomes and all decisions? Is every moment of our lives pre-planned? Does God get involved sometimes, or does He stand back completely and just wait for the end result?

Where Feelings and Emotions Come From

Where Feelings and Emotions Come From

How did Lazarus feel as he laid at the rich man's gate suffering, day after day? No-one cared for his condition or for his broken heart. What was going through his mind? We can safely assume that he had thoughts such as these: "Nobody cares about my suffering". "Where is God? If He cared He would help me". "I'm alone. My life isn't worth living".

How to Get God’s Attention

How to Get God’s Attention

Human beings the world over and throughout history have tried in a multitude of ways to get the attention of God. They've built statues and enormous temples; they've danced wildly under the moonlight; they've burned people alive; they've chanted and shouted on mountain-tops; they've starved themselves, cut themselves, and gone to war... all in an effort to make God look their way. It's a grown-up version of the tizzy-fits children sometimes engage in, in a determined effort to get their parents to respond.