Divine Encounters

Dear Friend, I noticed that your smile was jaded and that you were exhausted. Life has not been easy for you over the last few months. It seems to have been a slog over the last few months and yet the sun doesn't seem to be shining over your life. I know it feels like you are in a dark tunnel that doesn't seem to have an end right now. I do realise that you are not only positive but very optimistic that all will be well. I just want to encourage you to hold on. I read a story of a gentleman who was a prisoner of war for years on end. He survived but many didn't and when asked what made him different he said it was because he settled it in his mind that the end of this matter would be good news for him. He was not only optimistic but he held onto the faith that he would overcome in the end John 16:33. Don't let lives storms take the smile out of your life; the storms should only make you stronger and better. Always remember that in life every situation is not eternal

I hope by now you are not bored with my acronyms as I just couldn't resist this one. As you can gather from the title I am on holiday in the beautiful country called Kenya. What is a holiday? H: Healing - a holiday is a time for healing. As you go through life a holiday allows you to recuperate from the battles of everyday living.  O: Order - a holiday allows you to see where order is needed. Spring cleaning is simply placing order where disorder is.  L: Leave - a holiday allows you to leave things that consume us and take us from the place where life flows freely and unhindered from the everyday dealings that sometimes clutter our minds making us ineffective. I: Inspiring - a holiday enable you to find fresh focus on the dream or purpose one is pursuing. D: Development - a holiday helps develop perspective. When you look at something from outside the box you see with a better view. A: Attitude - a holiday breathes fresh air into our lives which gives wings to the dream. Attitude

This journey of life was never to be a lonely experience. I keep find it amazing that in a world population fast approaching 7 billion finding a friend is an issue. As I sat sharing with a friend who just experienced a painful disheartening breakup, I constantly kept asking myself what has humanity defined a friend as. With this in mind I began to realise that unless you define a friend you wont know your friends. Who then is a friend? F: Fellowship - a friend is a fellow on the same ship one may be travelling on. A friend is someone who decides to join you as you sail through life. Job had friends who sat with him through his travail; whether right or wrong they were there and Job was not lonely. R: Relate - a friend is one whom you can relate with. The main reason for divorce is now a drifting apart, which is caused by not relating. I: Inspiring - a friend is one who inspires you to live life to the max. A friend encourages you to see above the the dark clouds of challenges in life.