Divine Encounters

Day 144 Reading: Job 13:1 - Job 17:16 Dear Friends, Thank you for reaching to me whilst I am in trouble. I appreciate that you have chosen to seat with me and console me as I walk through this affliction. It's been tough and I am grateful that at least I am not alone as you have come to sit beside me as I try to figure out what is going on while I am in this sad state. It's great to be in tough situations surrounded by friends. Great because I am not alone. Many times when we go through challenges we are left alone. Friends whom you have helped or relied on suddenly flee and leave you to cry alone. You haven't left me alone. You indeed are a different breed of friends. I want you to know that my trust is in God. I may appear shaken and stirred, however, my trust is in God. Though He slays me my trust is wholly in Him. I believe I have a hope within me that just like a stump of a tree will grow at the scent of water flowing nearby I also know that as lon...

I had gone through a tumultuous few days and really just wanted to hear God soothe me and tell me it will be fine even though I was down but not out when I realised the importance of a bridge in life. We use bridges to get to the other side usually going over something that stands or seats as an obstacle to your progress. As I thanked God for being alive even though I really didn't feel like it I began to walk on the bridge to the other side. Many times when we are faced with trouble we remain at one spot instead of crossing to the other side. What makes the bridge from the place of trouble to the place of safety? The first bridge builder is the Word of God. Abraham and Sarah were barren but God promised them a son. In Genesis 21 we read that God visited and did to Sarah what He had promised to do, which was cause her womb to become alive and to conceive. She held onto the promise of God and this promise built her future bringing her from impossibility to the miraculous. As you ...

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....

One of the greatest issues today is unforgiveness . I believe it is the one reason why we don't appreciate one another. It is the reason many are disrespectful of others. If you ever listen to someone complaining about a friend who has hurt them you will rarely hear what they did wrong but you will hear everything about the other party. It's because unforgiveness acts like a blindfold obscuring your view of others and precluding your view of the whole. Friendship grows with friction, that's why tyres are made as such so that they hit the tarmac and produce friction on the road for a car to travel. As I have been reflecting recently about life I have realised that too many friendships are relationships that are servant based and not real friendship. You know those friends who call only when they are in trouble, but if you are in trouble they are no where to be found; what about those people who are your friends when all is good but leave when you are poor. ...