Divine Encounters

Let me start by saying that this blog may be different and as a result I want to reassure anyone, everyone and someone that I am well. I have today decided to share some thoughts that may place me in a very vulnerable place but I have done so only at the behest of many friends who have encouraged me to share what I am sharing. I don't have a grudge with anyone, but am concerned with the way friendships are failing fast in this instant product loving; microwave cooking world.  We live in a world today that is fast paced, fully loaded with challenges for us but poverty is still rife and I have discovered a new form of poverty that is crippling humanity. We are so consumed with ourselves that the beauty of life is ebbing away from us.  The world, especially the developed world, today is suffering from a severe shortage of true friends. Loneliness is now so much on the rise that it's now considered a mental health condition. Mother Theresa stated that " Lonelines...

In the midst of the various catastrophes that are shaking planet earth, many people are questioning their lives. I have over the last few months questioned the direction of my life as I have come to realise the frailty and fragility of the life we live. Now more than ever, people are questioning  their faith and beliefs. The shaking we are seeing in the world of every system that feeds humanity be it economical, physiological, psychological, social, marital, spiritual, etc, are all contributing to many beginning to deal with doubt. Listening to many people talk today it's not just about hardship but many are questioning their existence and purpose. What has amazed me most has been the way that many have questioned life to the extent of questioning the Giver of Life. Yes, life has become tough; yes, we are living during a period of tough times; and yes, the world seems to have thrown God out of their minds but remember that tough times don't last, tough people do!! The constan...

Dear God, How are you? I hope you are well cause down here on earth all doesn't seem well. How is heaven where your throne is? One day when You call me I will see the splendor and glory that so many others have described as an awesome place to behold and reside. I just want to talk to you about life. I just want to reassure myself with Your promises as they have never failed and I won't be the first to attest to not having a promise fulfilled  as You are not about failure but fulfilment of purpose. I do realise that these are the last days; the earthquakes, tsunamis, wars and recessions are simply are testament to what Jesus said in Matthew 24 . But I don't understand why the pain. when you have promised us dimensions of your glory that will make  your children outstanding  in the midst of the world. I don't understand why we your people seem to be forgotten. Everyday we shed tears of pain and sorrow as our hope in you is under constant attack. I know Jesus said that ...