Category: Prayer
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Waiting with a microwave mindset
I love antiques. I would love to collect as many as possible. But what would I do with all of them? Not sure. Then again, as I start a new journey of ‘frugal living’ it is probably best to love antiques from a distance. Antiques. If I had a gramophone player, I would have to…
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Faking It
Like the lone passenger at a foreign airport, searching for their luggage and picking the same bag, that is clearly not yours, you return it hoping no one noticed. Compromise is no longer an option.
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Rebuild and Restore
2 Corinthians 13:9 For we are glad when we are weak and You are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for. Nehemiah – what a character! Cool, calm, collected, obedient (to God and king), prayerful and willing to stand in your weakness (true self) before God, as He waited on God. Or was he? …
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Taste and See
Time to taste God through prayer and waiting. Time to sit at His feet, seek His face and be. Time to soak up every cell in my body and marinate in His Holy Spirit.
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Unfollow the herd, pack or pride
God created animals with a deep instinct for His will. Elephants and other grazing wild animals follow set routes and paths, in migratory patterns that still baffle mankind. Wild animals appear to be obedient to an invisible God, our God. Their regular and constant patterns of migration are so impressive that the game crossing of…
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The Handover
Every time I accepted a promotion or a new role, I find it imperative to share handover notes with my superiors. God is teaching me about the need to handover issues, situations and matters to Him several times a day. This week, I let God take control of a situation that has plagued me for…
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Self Acceptance
As I have grown older, I have come to realize pleasing others is less of need and more of a strain. When I moved out of my parents home over 20 years ago, I learned the delights of developing and acquiring my own (very) long list of wants and desires. Quite a happy time, as…
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Waiting in the hallway
The doctors wanted me admitted for the night but I chose to go home. I cope best in familiar surroundings with those I love. It has been a difficult waiting time waiting in the hallway. As the Lord reminds me, one can praise while waiting. It has been an exhausting journey; all of four days…
