Lessons learnt the hard way. Some lessons in life are not easily learnt. Some of us insist on learning things that hard way. We resist what others want to point out to us, not heeding what they are teaching us. …
My bathroom scales and Moses This morning I have something to confess. I have this love/hate relationship with my bathroom scales. In one sense I really appreciate the bathroom scales. They tell me what I really need to know about …
Following instructions How are you at following instructions? Do you follow them to the letter? Or do you treat them more like they are just a guide? Do you do everything that you are instructed to do, or do you …
Forgetting How quickly we forget! It doesn’t take long for even the important things to be forgotten, the things that we shouldn’t forget, that shouldn’t be overlooked, or left behind do get forgotten. We all forget things, and sometimes the …
Whose rules? We live in an age where people largely believe that they are free to think and behave anyway they feel like behaving. Western society or culture having rejected God and divine revelation “has now largely rejected the concept …
Our fears What are you afraid of? What is it that you fear most? Sadly, sometimes our own fears are the very things that tend to immobilise us in life to the extent that they end up imprisoning us so …
Thrown in the deep end Often in life you find yourself being thrown in the deep end. What I mean is that you find yourself being dropped into a situation that you feel unready for and ill equipped for. I …
Starting over There are times in life where you find yourself starting over again. You may have gone on a diet but before you lost all the weight that you were hoping to lose, you started piling it back on. …
1. Treasure stories We all love stories of people finding hidden treasure whether it be the discovery of a sunken Spanish treasure ship or someone unearthing buried treasure. We love to hear how someone found treasure that has been hidden …
