Hairy Crowns

The hair is the ‘glory’ (1 Corinthians 11:15) of a woman and the strength of a man. It is the essence of a person. In fact, one regulation was, ‘Priests must not shave their heads or shave of the edges of their beards or cut their bodies. They must be holy to their God and …

God the Storyteller

'Call unto me, and I will answer you, and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know' ~ Jeremiah 33:3 One only needs to look around and see that God is a creative. The variety and species around us realize this fact. Truly, the world is God’s story for, ‘In the beginning God …

Aftermaths of God

‘I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for several days’ ~ Daniel 8:27 ‘I had no strength left, my face turned deathly pale and I was helpless. Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground’ ~ Daniel 10:8-9 ‘When I saw …

The King’s Table

When David became King, he summoned Mephibosheth, his best friend’s son, and said to him, ‘I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table’ (2 Samuel 9:7). So, at …

Destiny Diverters

Destiny diverters do not come up to you and say, ‘Hey there, I am here to destroy your life’. They are smarter than that – or so they think. Instead, these nosy people position themselves on the way you take, so that you ‘accidentally’ bump into them. ‘The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined …

Throwing Tantrums at God

When things do not go right in our lives for one reason or another, the first person we tend to direct shots at, is God. At first, an emotion grips us, we then try to make sense of it. And when we cannot, we turn to the proverbial, ‘Why me God?’. This question is peristaltic …

The Delivery Room called Patience

Our interaction with God is not transactional, but relational. The quicker one realizes that, the better. That is why we pray for days, months, or even years to receive a certain response from God. That is why we search through the Scriptures to find a single truth. We search, linger, and wait for answers that …

Diseases of Egypt

More terrible than the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians, were the lingering diseases that could not be shooed away. Even though the Israelites were not afflicted by the plagues, the diseases of Egypt latched on them so that even though they came out of the country, Egypt did not come out of them. This is …

Speaking to Yourself

It is not only madmen who speak to themselves. The deeper one wades into spiritual waters, the need to speak to oneself becomes apparent. Furthermore, it becomes a necessity. As we unwrap ‘the riches of his (Christ’s) glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe’ (Ephesians 1:18-19), our flesh …

For God’s Sake

‘For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own’ ~ 1 Samuel 12:22 We humans are born clueless and into a cruel world. As we grow up we realize that there is a 'force' bigger than ourselves. Most call it …