Even as I write this, I feel rather embarrassed. It’s almost like I’m making a big deal out of nothing. Like I’m a whiny child. I feel I ought to not let it affect me. To be the bigger person and forgive and forget and all that jazz. So why am I letting petty problems…
Category: Thoughts
Unfurling Creativity
*This article was first published on Indiaanya. We’re almost midway through this year and as I look back over the last four months, I can only stand amazed at what God has begun doing in my life. It seems a bit surreal to say this but I’m an artist. It still feels extremely new and…
The Art of Tea and Conversation
*This article was first published on Indiaanya. How do you have a good conversation? That was the topic for this month and as I mulled it over, I wondered about the conversations I have each day and I realised something. Most of my conversations were very superficial. I was coasting through life barely skimming the…
When Faith Dies
*This post was first published on Indiaanya. 2021 was the worst year in all my 39 years on this planet. It ripped me apart in more ways than one. It tore through my defences. It attacked my marriage and children. But, worst of all – it disintegrated my faith. It left me adrift and lonely,…
What a Season of Loss Taught Me About Grief
*This post was first published on Indiaanya. Grief and sadness come to all of us. None of us are beyond its scope. It meets us on the road of life, sometimes blindsiding us in its suddenness, urgency, and magnitude. It leaves us floundering in a morass of pain and despair, weighed down until we feel…
Desperate Longing
Psalm 130 is a heart cry. From the depths of desperation and pain, the psalmist pens a prayer that has echoed the heart cries of thousands of God’s children down the ages. I love this psalm for its honesty and transparency. This prayer lays it all out there and pleads, this is me—sin-riddled and depraved—now…
Write
Write, I told myself Write, or you’ll go to pieces I already feel broken Shattered and empty What can I write about This. Here. Now. All that you see All that you feel. Write it, to maintain your sanity. But it’s too painful. Still. Let the anguish out Drain the fear Cut open the sorrow…
Claiming Your Legacy
**This post was first published on Indiaanya **The following is a fictional narrative based on the story of Achsah in the Bible** Abel Shittim. Plains of Moab. 1406 BC “This is it. We’re finally crossing over! Father, can you believe this day has finally come?” The young girl stood excitedly on the banks of the river…
A Hope-filled Perspective
Interesting thought popped into my mind today as it is wont to do from time to time. The Lord works in mysterious ways after all! I read this very very familiar portion in 1 Samuel 16:7, But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I…
On Being Pruned…
Pruning is never fun. I’m not discussing gardening activities but rather the spiritual season. The funny thing is, I didn’t even recognise it for what it was. I just assumed I was being bombarded by trials and knew I was barely staying afloat, let alone swimming against the current (I’ve got all my metaphors mixed…
The Heart of Mission
**This post first appeared on Indiaanya** Mission-mindedness. I have to confess that I am not the most mission-minded person on the planet. Honestly, it is not something that comes naturally to me. I have always been awed by missionaries and evangelists because they seem to have such a clear call that they obey, regardless of…
On Choosing To Obey
“The wise man built his house upon the rock. The wise man built his house upon the rock. The wise man built his house upon the rock. And the rain came tumbling down…” As a child I sang this song in Sunday School a million times, and now I hear my daughter sing it a…
The Ol’ Ball And Chain
I’ve been married more than a decade now and I have a confession to make. I am a nagging wife. This is not something I am proud of but sometimes it’s a compulsion, an urge that I cannot ignore. It’s almost like I’m addicted to it. Yet, when I got married, I had such good…
How Do I Love Thee … Let Me Count The Ways …
**This post first appeared on Indiaanya** Love – poets have written about it, musicians have sung about it, and artists have painted about it. The emotion has been well documented, researched, examined, experienced and yet, humankind only seems to scratch the surface. The more you study it, the more you find to study. No wonder God…
Let’s Get Off Our High Horses Shall We
C. S. Lewis once said to his goddaughter – “…some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” Surprisingly, I found that to be true in my own life when I re-read The Chronicles of Narnia in my early-twenties. I actually appreciated them more whilst reading them as an adult than…
What’s The Rush?
I wish I could grab Time by the shirt tails and get him to stand still. Life seems to be rushing past; I can barely catch my breath. I have so many half-done and undone jobs that I feel like my mind will explode. So many balls in the air that some are definitely going…
Ready And Waiting
So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:6 This is one of those verses in the Bible that sound so familiar that they are overlooked or fall by the wayside due to overuse. Even as I read it the other day,…
The Heart of the Matter
Bitterness springs up so easily, destroying every aspect of a relationship. It clouds one’s perspective until all one can see is the perceived maliciousness in the other’s words and actions. As I wondered what caused bitterness to rise up in me, I realised it was a defensive reaction to feeling hurt or slighted by another’s…
Epiphanies Regarding Faith
As I read more of Hebrews I’m slowly comprehending what does and does not constitute faith. The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). So what does faith entail? Faith is not merely passive acceptance of divine promises but an active certitude expressed in obedience, persistence, and sacrifice. The…
Don’t Believe What You See
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” II Corinthians 5:7 As Christians we’ve heard this phrase so many times it sometimes loses its power and significance. I’m guilty of this complacency, but recently after hearing this song, I’ve been challenged to live by faith and not believe what my eyes tell me. My eyes…
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