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REAL LIFE
INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL STORIES ABOUT REAL LIFE
BLESSINGS OR CURSINGS
Sometimes we may have escaped from a situation where we felt like there was no fruit, no joy and no blessings, that we were being punished for what has gone wrong in our lives and bad choices we had made, our person-hood was under siege or we were the victim of other people’s choices. When next you look at trees, stop to think about what they symbolize –
MY TEARS ARE COLLECTED IN A BOTTLE
‘You have collected all my tears and preserved them in your bottle! You have recorded every one in your book.” Just as I came to realize when you must collect your own water, you wont waste it. How amazing that God will not let your tears be wasted either. He stores them for refreshment later.
THE BOUNDARIES ON YOUR TRIALS HAVE BEEN SET
“All your waves and billows have gone over me, and floods of sorrow pour upon me like a thundering cataract.”
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE RIVER OF DIFFICULTY, YOU WONT DROWN
I was born in a country that has two great rivers for borders, the one was the Zambezi on which the Victoria Falls is situated and is a treacherous river with crocodiles and hippopotami. It is also one of the most beautiful rivers when the sun is setting, and...
REFRESHED AT THE FOUNTAIN
Let the joy of sparkling water droplets be the words that fall from your lips to sustain the suffering another day
Align Yourself with Your Season in Life
It is very comforting to know that as long as the earth remains there will be seasons and if you align yourself with the seasons of your life and know which season you are in, it makes it much easier to navigate your life and transition.
WE WILL ALL BE CHANGED
Death changes us. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 “we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed”. We are told we shall have new and glorious bodies at the resurrection. That gives us hope for our loved ones who have passed on. But I thought that verse has a deeper meaning, we shall all be changed, those who are left behind also face major changes in their lives.
WE HAVE SERVED OUR GENERATION
Passing a cemetery, I looked at the rows of graves covered in snow, with the wind blowing snow across the desolate landscape. Immediately I thought of the finality and coldness of death. People long gone planted beneath the frozen sod, covered in a blanket of snow. And yet this picture gave me hope as well.
NEW EVERY MORNING
His lovingkindness and faithfulness begin anew every day (Lam:23), so even if we messed up yesterday, today is a brand-new day in His love and faithfulness. We are a new creation (2 Cor 5:7) so our past does not define us.