Tag: God
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Highway or Hallway
The waiting game – waiting to hear back from an interviewer, your bank on that mortgage, school about acceptance – none of it is ever easy. Waiting. Patience is not my strong point but something I have asked God to help me out. We are waiting on the results of our General Election, the biggest…
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A new beginning for Kenya
Our prayer is that every man, woman and child takes time to review God’s Word – Proverbs 6:16-19. Change starts with a people standing on principle. The only set of principles we can rely on are found in God’s Word.
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Mending the family
Sunrise is only minutes away and Budu’s eyes flicker and open. He gazes across the bed and straining through the shadows, to catches a glimpse of his wife’s sleeping form. Restless, he turns to his wife, reaches out to her and stops short of touching her, wondering, where and how should I touch her.
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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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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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Slipping and sliding!
Now I realize that while I am having my sliding-out-of-the-middle-class rant, things are getting financially tighter for the average person. What of the less fortunate, whom we condemn to live in slums and only talk about upgrading their surroundings, as though they deserve no better livelihood?
