I have had many friends in my life, ones from childhood, from my school years, university days, and adulthood. Many of these friendships waned, not for bad reasons, but simply because we moved on with our lives in career, location and life. I have had a few unhappy...
The bliss of youth at our prime of lifeIs the feeling that made our faintest bondFull of life and filled with love so kindAnd tender that is so unique to find. The big ambitions and dreams we shared,Brings us to where our closed heart is revealed.And the love and...
With regards to the state of the world in recent times, and how governments across the planet are being driven further and further towards globalization, an image of a complex and intricate spider web begins to slowly take form in my mind. Even the slightest touch or...
In the second and the penultimate part of our series on the Biblical perspective of "friendship" today we focus on 2 more aspects of Friendship... Covenant... JPrince Jonathan entered into a covenantal relationship with the lowly Shepherd boy named David by...
In the concluding part of our series on "Friendship"; today we focus on the final two dimensions of Friendship... Comfort... For a moment, let's remain in the realm of inter-personal relationships within the Church. Jesus, our greatest everlasting friend, "...comforts...
Choosing good friends is a blessing and an art. For good friends make life sweeter, days brighter and our journey pleasant. Last evening around 6, I pulled away from my computer and paused because I detected a strange odor. I turned to hubby. “I smell smoke,” I told...
"My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and...
PROVERBS 18:24 RSV "There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Would you like to have a perfect friend? A friend who loved you no matter what you do? ...
Some of you who have read former devotionals of mine might remember my beautiful Shetland Sheepdog, Elsa. I've already recorded a number of lessons that she has taught me, and some of you may be saddened to hear that she is no longer with us. She developed...
There are MANY lessons to be learned from the prophet Elisha. This is the 13th in a series focusing on the life and works of this great prophet. "Naaman's servants went to him and said, 'My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have...