Almost back to work! I have had a good few weeks holiday post-finishing my internship, and will soon be starting back at the hospital as an RMO and general practice trainee. During my break, my husband and I visited Sydney. We thought it would be a good opportunity to visit our friends at the Sydney … More Be Refreshed (A Testimony from Sydney)
The Bible tells us that King Nebuchadnezzar had a troubling dream in the second year of his reign. He asked some of his wise men to come and says, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut to pieces, and your house … More Friends of Faith P2: Friendship, Honour and the Revelation of God
I have just published my first eBook, “An Internship with Jesus”. It was not specifically planned, it just happened. In the last couple of weeks, I have had my annual leave. For the first part of it, I visited my husband at his country workplace, mostly spending the evenings with him when he came back … More Introducing “An Internship with Jesus”
Matthew 8:23-27 tells an interesting story, one which is also recorded in Mark 4:35-41 and Luke 8:22-25. The passage below is the story as told in Luke: “Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with his disciples. And He said to them, ‘Let us cross over to the other … More Q&A: Commander of True Rest
Throughout the gospels, there is record of many questions being posed to Jesus – some by Pharisees or scribes, some by common men and women, some by His disciples, and even some by demons. Jesus answers many questions, though not always in the way anticipated. He also asks a fair few questions of His own. … More Q&A: The Master is First
Both my hubby and my mummy have their birthdays this week. They are two people whose influence in my life I really appreciate, and for whom I thank God for often. It is the first birthday I am celebrating with my husband as his wife, and as I do so, I reflect on how we … More My Lord
I realised, in the last week, just how much I love to create things! Sure, I always enjoyed making things – wrapping gifts, writing a poem or a song, designing and making a dress, but now I felt an even greater joy in the process of creating. It is sometimes tedious, long, and fraught with … More Create.
While I studied Job, my husband reflected on what God says about suffering, reading through a different passage of the Bible. He shares his thoughts below: Medicine teaches us that illnesses have a strong genetic factor, both in physical, and mental health. One common example is cystic fibrosis where the defect in the CFTR gene … More Born into Suffering? (Thoughts from J.D)
Over the last two years, I’ve done some growing up in that I’ve moved to a new stage of life – marriage, full time work and a new church. For some time now, I’ve had a niggling feeling of sorts that there’s something I’m not quite getting. In the past, I’ve had clear vision of … More Creating the New Wineskin
Complaints, turmoil, hope, desperation, anger, revelation, frustration and praise – all these are included in Job’s dialogue with God. He is called righteous, blameless and upright, yet the Lord challenges him in his evaluation of suffering. Earlier this year, I looked at what the book of 1 Peter says about our attitude towards suffering. Here … More Job P3 – Speaking to God in the Midst of Suffering
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