Interestingly, love and mercy go hand in glove! One cannot exercise mercy without being genuinely motivated by love. It is the compassion that we experience when we see the plight of a person that motivates us to act in a merciful way.
Many atrocious crimes committed stem from deep hatred. We might ask how can a human inflict such injury to his fellow man… as though he has no feelings. It is because his conscious is seared…..
I would like to share my testimony about the year 2022, when I had my cardiac bypass surgery.
My granddaughter was one week old when I was admitted for the surgery. I had a strong motivation for recovering and was looking forward to enjoy my time as a grandmother with my first grandchild.
God saw it fit for her to be born at that specific time. My son and my daughter-in-law welcomed this great blessing into…..
News flash!!! Cyclone warning, floods, tornado, mud slides, sink holes, tsunami and all disastrous pelting from bowels of nature. In other parts the fires rage relentlessly and all things in its path are gluttonously consumed.
In uncertain times like these, what do you do? Can you afford not to panic in these unpredictable times? Pray, pray and…..
L – learn to live
I – intentionally
F – focused in faith
E – everyday closer to eternity
So often we focus on making a living but not a life. We forget to live our life to the fullest. Everyday is a new day and tomorrow is never guaranteed to anyone……
When you think of the letter ‘K’, what are some of the first words that come to mind? King, kindred, kind, keeper… the list goes on.
It is said that “we are in this world, but not of this world”. What could that mean? There is a stark difference…..
‘J’ is for JOY!
Joy is much more than happiness, which is often fleeting. Joy is being happy in the ups and downs of life. How can this be? When you know the Joy Giver, then you will know the experience of being joyful on the hilltop and in the valley.
Here…..
The letter ‘I’ is not always about ‘I’, meaning yourself. The ‘I’ is commonly referring to as the ‘Id’ and the ‘ego’ but not much mention is made of the ‘superego’. Sadly, we live in a world where ‘self’ is glorified and selfishness prevails. That superego is our conscience,…..
‘Holy’ – What image does this word bring to your mind?
H – honourable
O – one true God
L – love without measure
Y – Yahweh, the most sacred God (Jehovah)
The word ‘holy’ carries a reverence of its own……
Grace – what does it mean?
Within the spiritual context, it is understood as ‘unmerited favour’.
G – God’s
R – Riches
A – At
C – Christ’s
E – Expense
Grace is the overflowing favour of God. Imagine pouring yourself a nice cold drink from a can into your glass… it fills up so quickly till it overflows. Similarly, we need God’s grace afresh each day to start…..
Faith is a powerful word. It is defined as the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Let’s see what is the Biblical acronym for it…
F – Forsaking
A – All
I – I
T – Trust