Divine Encounters

Walking through this journey of life we have many companions. One companion we all encounter and is either a friend or foe is called PAIN. In the highway of life we will always travel through mountains and valleys in whose midst we meet with pain. We are born in pain, live life seeking to limit pain, and our passing on causes pain to someone. Even Jesus was not immune to pain as the cruxification was nothing but pain. There are many things we can say about pain are is just a few more. P: Personal - Pain is always personal. Ask the mother about child birth, the husband watches and sees the pain but only the mother feels the physical anguish of child birth. Ask the person whose heart has just been broken and their pain is truly evidently personal. A: Agonizing - Anyone who has been in pain knows that pain can however short or long it is it will cause one to agonize. This aspect of pain fuels prayer touching the hearts of both the Hearer and bearer. I: Incidental - Pain is not a constant...

Everyday in life I have come to discover that humanity was not made to be self reliant but to be interdependent. We all need HELP somewhere along the journey of life. Help comes in many shapes, sizes or forms. It can be physical or verbal; emotional or mental; spiritual or menial. As I thought about what kind of help do I give and need in life I came to realise that the word HELP was an acronym.      H: Healing - Help will always provide comfort that is a healing balm in some fashion or other.    E: Encouraging - Help will always lift one from one place to a higher plane or dimension in life.  L: Life - Help is a life saver. Ask the person who asked for directions when lost and you will discover that the help given was a life saver.      P: Personal - The best we help we can give is personal. Paying personal attention to another person's challenge pays dividend.  Let it be said of each one of us that we are a helpful...

We are almost at the middle point of the year. Many will at this time be taking stock of their lives seeking to evaluate their goals and targets for this year and will re-evaluate to see the progress made. As I sat and meditated about the year so far, God reminded me that its important to give thanks. I may not be where I wanted to be at the beginning of the year but one thing I will do is be grateful to God for where I am as I am a living testimony that miracles still occur. The future may look bleak to some because of the economic forecasts, but still I choose to give thanks because I am alive. The mere fact that I am alive is proof that I still have a reason to hope against all odds that I will turn the corner of life and see my dream come to pass. The medical report may be speaking of doom, the business may be facing a winding up order, still I insist on giving thanks. However bad things look, there is still one thing that you and I can rejoice and give thanks over and that is the...

We live in very exciting times.Not only is the world convulsing-earthquakes, wars, storms- but peoples lives tend to be unsettled quite easily. People have many concerns that add to the tension that life already is. We find that the daily rat race that society finds itself in does not have a cure for the problems ailing humanity. One thing I have come to appreciate is that God's plan is the best no matter the path one has to take to accomplish the will of God. One thing that I find disrupts many peoples lives today is that their faith in the Word of God is almost non-existent. Today it easier to believe a fellow human being than the Maker of Heaven and Earth. It's easier to seek a friend than to chase the Creator of the universe. We spend more time studying about others and cant find time to meditate about the thoughts of God contained in the bible. Without faith in God and in the Word of God life is a tragedy. I live an assured life because God has promised that what He has th...