I sometimes get overwhelmed by how much the world needs God: from living day to day to large-scale disasters and injustices. I want to pray for everything, I know God knows everything, I don’t know where to start. How can we pray when there seems too much to pray for? I believe we simply need … More Praying for the “Too Much”
Numbers 13-14 tells the story of the Israelite spies reporting on the Promised Land. It also shows us some all-too-familiar thought processes we can have when walking in the promise of God, and reminds us that God’s promises never fail. He means what He promises and He is our help! As I was reading through … More When God Says (Numbers 13-14)
Earlier this week, my husband, a friend and I watched “The Case for Christ” at the cinema. It was a great movie, and a wonderful testimony, but what made the outing truly memorable, was the crowd at the cinema. We have watched movies at the cinema before, but there is something different about watching a … More A United Celebration
The scope of creativity, discovery, and learning that defines the human race seems to know no end. We are forever changing society, moving forward with technology, debating opinions. This is not a new age trend, but something that has been happening all through the ages. The Book of Acts documents a number of debates Paul, … More Think Beyond
Working as a doctor is a mix of things – it is a celebration, a battle, a mystery, a discovery. It delivers joyful bundles of miracles, victories and life, but it also confronts me with frustrations, uncertainty, death. Through the work, the study, the consult sessions and the drives to and from work, I have … More “Help me to love.”
There is a will to live, a will for sorting affairs after death, a will of determination, and a will that is a way. In the Bible, emphasis is placed on the will of God. The Lord’s Prayer says, “… your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Jesus prays, before He … More Your Will Be Done
“Not my will but Yours.” This is my desire – to walk in step with the Spirit and be attentive to the leading of Christ. Yet even in our relationship with God, there is a degree of give and take, a Tug-O-War of sorts. It shows us our strength and weakness, it shows us the … More Tug-O-War: Pulled into Christ
Those little phrases – “Everything is meaningless”, “He has made everything beautiful in its time”, “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken”. Six weeks of spending time in the book of Ecclesiastes has really changed my understanding of it. At first, I thought of Solomon in all his wisdom, a king imparting his … More Ecclesiastes P6: The Point of Ecclesiastes
Why do bad things happen to good people? This is one question that is asked over and over again – sometimes with anger, sometimes with regret, sometimes with a deep-seated grief when we see the many injustices in our world. Solomon ponders over this question a number of times in Ecclesiastes. He acknowledges the omnipotence … More Ecclesiastes P5: What is Injustice? Why is Suffering?
We spend much of our life working – indoors, outdoors, home chores, office-work, paper-work. There is always work to do. Walking is work, words are work. What do we get for our work? The gardener sows a seed and eats its fruit, the salesman is paid for his sale, the doctor helps someone to live. … More Ecclesiastes P4: No Gain for Toil?
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