Years ago, I received an email from Annie. A glimmer of light came into her dark world. She wrote: You just saved my life with the email. I wanted to take my own life. I didn’t have the strength, but I read the email anyway. I believe it came directly from God. Thank you very […]
Read moreI read one scripture verse a day and then write about it to retain it. Without this written reflection, the verse quickly fades from memory. I noticed this verse while reading the one before, and I’ll be honest, when I sat down to read it just now, I didn’t feel like it. I knew what […]
Read moreWhen children misbehave, we must correct them, otherwise they might think we approve of their actions. If someone in our family doesn’t treat a friend well, I pull them aside at an appropriate time and tell them nicely that this is not how we do it. Hopefully, the reminder and the way we speak to […]
Read moreAt school we often broke the rules. Many times, we left after the first class, jumped on our motorcycles, and went to play board games at a friend’s house without a care in the world. While our pals stayed in class. I suspect jealousy made one of them grass us to the teacher. The next […]
Read moreWow! How many times can one reflect on one Bible book? This is the 200th time we’re working with Hebrews! I’m going to ask a weird question. I wonder what made God change from the angry Old Testament God to the loving God of the New Testament? The Old Testament is filled with laws, and […]
Read moreOne thing cannot be disputed: One day everybody will stand before God. Nobody can avoid this. And my stomach turns, because I wonder what I would say. When I look at my life and see where I, to put it nicely, smashed the boundaries of life, I do not look forward to that meeting. Then […]
Read moreMany television shows give us a look at how the courts of the world work. They actually involve four characters only. The guilty person, or rather the alleged guilty person, because you’re innocent until proven guilty. Then there’s the prosecutor, usually the state. This person defends justice and must prove that the accused is really […]
Read moreA friend of mine works for a major international firm of attorneys. At the height of Covid-19, I asked him how the company was doing in this difficult time. He said his division was doing fairly well, but the people in litigation were struggling, because the courts were closed. He added that the people with […]
Read moreWhile we were growing up, there was no such thing as Grade R. Even playschools weren’t that common. We ate, played, ate, played and slept. So it was no surprise that many of us got quite weepy when we were pushed into a classroom. It felt like a cage to us. Everything was unfamiliar. The […]
Read moreShawn Michaels was WWE wrestling world champion. One of those guys that throw one another around and thousands of people freak out. He went all out in this sport and wanted to make it to the top at all cost. It went very well in the ring, but his personal life was chaotic. He didn’t […]
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