Thoughts and Other Things

On Monday I realized I had reached my ten year mark of preaching. I realized this while posting the above photo on Instagram appreciating my pastor who has been a great mentor to me all these years. To be honest, the journey so far has been nothing like I imagined it, but I’m so glad that I’m still standing. The Call I was fifteen when I became aware that God had called me to serve Him. I became born again at age fourteen at a crusade and only found understanding of my actions when my family found a church to fellowship in a year later. Well, my story is not of heaven opening up and hearing an audible voice calling me like Saul. It wasn’t a vision either, though there were a number dreams hinting at it and a curious passion for God and serving him. Every time someone stood before me ministering in the Word my heart burnt with a desire to do the same, but I never understood what it was. There were others too, saying what God had revealed to them, including my pastor. But ‘my mom

It’s winter and I’m hating every minute of it. All I want to do is eat and sleep. My brain might be frozen because I can’t seem to apply my mind to anything lately (which is why I’ve been so silent). I think it’s time we introduced human hibernation hey. But until God approves my suggestion, we’ll soldier on draped in coats and scarves. I’ve been looking into a subject recently that has emphasised the issue of God’s will. Of course God’s will is something littered in Scripture but I’ve found the things Jesus has said and taught pertaining to God’s will to be so profound. The most famous is probably part of the prayer Jesus taught his disciples AKA The Lord’s Prayer. “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 It is given that God’s will is done in heaven, and this is linked to a word in the previous phrase; “kingdom”. Heaven is where God’s kingdom is established, where He reigns as King, where His authority is supreme. Everything in heaven