Old age and its meaning

Wrinkles, walkers, and problems.
Old age.
Empathy, fragmented thinking,and fagillity.
Old age.

Why does dementia often go with demented?
Why can't it fit in with concideration instead?

Cannot family mean freedom rather than
restritions and other over protection?

The elderly are not merely objects or
major tax drain. They have their own
tales and one day you will be one of
them. Because they are people after all.

My computer broke last month so here it is now...

I am single

I am single.
Why?
I am single.
But you seem nice, friendly,attractive...
I am single.
What's wrong? Do you lack confidance?

Let me explain...
I am single because that's my marital satus.
There is nothing wrong, and I'm not gay.
I'm contented and not lonely.
Because I am a single person in a group of
people that I care about and that care about me.
Being single doesn't mean being alone.

But why don't I yern for male compainionship?
What makes me contented?
How am I not searching for a partner?

The answer is that it is okay to be single.
Being single is actually a good and
helpful experiance, however long it lasts.
It is not a problem
that needs to be fixed.

After all Christ was single.
And he had not problem with it.
Neither did Paul.
Paul thought of singleness as a spritual gift.
In 1 Corithians 7:7 Paul says;
"I wish that all men were as I am.
But each man has his own gift from God,
one has this gift another has that."

Getting married and starting a family
is not my main goal in life.
My life has a purpose; to honour God
and serve him. Married  or single.
I will live for him because he cares
about me and for me.

I don't know what God has planed for me.
I don't know what the future holds.
I just know that it will be filled with purpose.

The question is not "why am I single?"
The question is "how can I use my spriual gift
to the full while I'm still privalaged to possess it?"

"If we claim to be without sin
we deceive  ourselves and the
truth is not in us. If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and just
and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned,
we make him out to be a liar
and his word is not in us."
1 John:8-10.

Sometimes I am angry 

Sometimes I am angry.

I deceive myself. Because 

I simply don't want to admit 

the sensation. So I allow it 

and give various masks by

calling it frustration, annoyance 

and 'not wanting to become a 

pushover', and so on.

But really I know I'm just in denial.

When I do this I choose to forget the 

numerous times that he hasn't been 

angry at me but instead has

shown me mercy.

After all the wrong we have done

our heavenly father he is still loving 

and compassionate and 

continuously forgives us. 

Why? Why can he do this?
Because he sent his son to pay
the price for our sins so that
we might become his
sons and daughters.

If we are to resemble our father
then when should we become angry?
What occasions can we possibly
call anger righteous anger?

Abuse of power,
Mistreatment of the vulnerable,
Preaching a false gospel.
While these things are worth
becoming angry about
they are equally worth doing
something about.

So next time remember that Jesus
had to die to save you
and not just them.

Be patient and loving like your father.
And canal it into doing something.
Like serving others, making a
difference, and showing compassion.

Don't let your rage control you.
Pray that God might help you to
control it. For with him nothing
is impossible.

Death

Death.
Society teachers us to be
afraid of it.
To avoid it in so many ways;
Plastic surgery,
Medical advancements,
and this cream will take away
your wrinkles.

But I'm not scared.
I'm not sacred because I've
no need anymore.
Because God sent his son to
face death before me, to
save me, a sinner.

For the Christian there is hope.
A hope that beyond death there is life
A life with God forever.
Not because we loved God
but because be loved us first.

What will you do when you
reach death's decline?
Can you be confident of
what you will find there,
at end of all things?
Or is it just the beginning?

Believe? What in? 

The world wants us to be happy.

We agree.

The world says succeed.

 We fail.

The world says find someone.

We do. They die. We grieve. 

The world says try money,

We do. We are not satisfied. 

We become greedy.

Believe in yourself it says, 

it is, after all the great mantra.

But we are not enough. 

For we will not be able to 

fulfill all our needs.

Don't panic.

Christ is enough.

He will fill you up until 

his love and sacrifice 

flow into every part of your life.

Now have faith and trust in him.

He will grant you satisfaction.

For with him faith is more enough. 

A decision made with love

Mark 14:36;

‘And he said “Abba, Father all things are possible unto thee;
take away this cup from me:
nevertheless not what I will but what thou wilt”’

At Christmas we celebrate a birth.

At Easter we celebrate a death and a new life for many.

Those lost, now found.

Those dead, now alive.

Those against, now for.

And why?

To fulfill and ancient prophecy?

To provide an interesting story to pass on?

To have something to pick at?

If he’d said no there would be 

No redemption,

No connection,

No family,

And

No Easter eggs.

If he had not obeyed his father.

But out of his great love for us he did.

He wasn't pressured.

He wasn't caught off guard.

He was intentional.

For him there was little loyalty.

For him there was little pity.

For him there was much pain.

For him there was separation.

For him there was loss of life.

But for us there was an abundance of Grace.

On that day a new life was created.

On that day there was the gift of redemption.

So accept it with thankfulness.

Don’t leave it by the wayside of life.

Instead grip it with vigor.

Let it fill you up until you are

Compelled to share it.

Remember it, and that with God 

Nothing is impossible. 

True Light

"In him was light and that light was the light of men. 

The light shines in the darkness, 

but the darkness has not understood it." 

(John 1:4-5)

Isn't it frustrating when the light goes out.

When that happens we try to repair what has broken. 

When we don't succeed we search 

for the right battery,charger, 

or some other source of power. 

Often we fail to find it.

We try to sort things out ourselves, 

and, frequently, that just creates more problems. 

Jesus, is our light.

He is the one light that outshines all the worldly ones.

Those dim and flickering lights of  worldly wisdom,
and the senseless struggle for  perfection and satisfaction.

Indeed, these are poor replacements 

for the true light. Our saviour;

the light or men. 

For without his light we are blind,

fumbling round in the dark. 

The good news is that the devil 

will never be able to understand it.

Never be able to overcome it.

Never be able to extinguish it.

The choice we face with is this; 

Will we commit to letting the true light of men 

permeate into every part of our lives?

For if we do, we will have a joy 

that cannot be shaken. 

It will be as C.S Lewis once said;

"Here is joy that cannot be shaken.

Our light can swallow up your darkness:

but your darkness cannot now infect our light."

(The Great Divorce).