Thoughts and Other Things

One of my greatest Achilles' heel in reading my Bible is stopping every time I come across a passage which explores or reveals love. What intrigues me is that it’s such an endless subject, it is God Himself after all. Every time I read about it I’m guaranteed to learn something new. This time, Elkanah’s love got to me. “ Elkanah her husband would say to her, ‘Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons ?” 1 Samuel 1:8 You see the thing that makes loving people the job it is, is the fact that people are imperfect. I read through 1 John 4:20 the other day, and I realized why God pushed us so much to love our brother whom we see because we’d be liars to love Him who is unseen yet hate our brother. And the issue here is that we see our brother, we seem him with all his faults, weaknesses and imperfections. Admit it, walking in love is not a walk in the park, be it with a fellow Christian at church or your family at ...

Speaking about the past is usually spoken against in order for more focus to be put on the present and the future. But I think we all know that the past is quite important, it has a direct impact on the present which has a direct influence on the future. I was sharing with the church the other day how God made it a point to remind the Israelites of their past. He set up feasts and occasions to be held and celebrated among them in order to commemorate specific events, such as their Exodus from Egypt. He did this knowing the mind’s weakness; its ability to forget the good of yesterday yet quite good at holding on to the bad. He knew He was going to bless them so much that they would forget the bitterness of their past and that could put them at risk of abusing the sweetness of their today. On that note, I want to tell you about the wonderful day I had yesterday. Two events which significantly moved my heart, and I’ll forever treasure them. Yesterday I had the opportunity of fellowshipp...