You have to leave the comfort and security of home in order to find home. We have to come out of our own selfish and self-centred worldview to see how big, infinite and diverse yet so much alike we all are.
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Learning to live with eyes wide open
Perception is REAL.ity Our perception determines how we [view, understand and experience] reality. We don’t see with our eyes but our brain and create our own virtual reality that exists only in our minds. We interpret the world around us through various lenses. Our upbringing, values, culture, race, nationality, age, religion and many other factors […]
How does one find out the “will of God”? And is there even such a thing?
Consciously or unconsciously we may believe that there is a perfect will of God (or fate) that has been predetermined for each person since his or her birth and our role in life is to discover and fulfil that destiny.
So how does our free-will and decision-making impact our future? Do we have an opportunity to create and chose our future or is it predetermined?
Worry about the future (and regret of the past) stop us making the most of what we have NOW by being fully present and active, making the most of every moment we have. But how does one keep from worrying? And is it even possible?
Rejection feels like running into a brick wall. Defeated. The door slams shut in your face as you were trying to get your foot in, yet again. Disappointed. You try to get up, only to have the wind knocked out of you. Rejected. You have done nothing to deserve this yet you feel like you […]
To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people. ― John Powell Are you are in a constant rush, one activity to another? Multitasking trying hard to juggle competing priorities? Feel you don’t have the time to stop and take a break? This “superman complex” is […]
Is death the end? We spend our lives trying hard to avoid the one thing that will eventually overtake all of us. How we see death will determine how we use the present moment. Is there meaning in suffering? The pain that surrounds human existence does not discriminate What have I done to deserve this? […]
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Stepping out of the comfort zone
A prayer I wrote down at the start of this year as I was struggling with the fear of taking steps outside my comfort zone. Always challenging breaking new ground. Fear paralyses but God love and faithfulness liberates! Joshua 24 Father, I so much want to be in control of my destiny. I am […]
Exodus 