Tag: life
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Righteous Rebellion
One morning, I came across a message shared in a WhatsApp group, and it made me pause. The writer was talking about resisting the constraints that society and culture place on us as human beings. About how no one should decide the “appropriate” dress code, or tell us what to do with our lives; that…
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Past Sins Are Blotted Out…What about Present Sins?
Then Jesus said, “he who is forgiven much, loves much.“ You were forgiven before you sinned I was reading a book, and the author was talking about how amputees usually feel pain or sensations in the places where their limbs used to be — phantom pain, it is called. Then he likened how the memories…
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Adaptability vs Rigidity
If adaptability is a skill then rigidity is not! It was a twitter space held by the NGO, where I volunteered. Our founder was breaking down the big jargon of 21st century learning skills and when she came to Flexibility and Adaptability she said something that stuck with me. It was actually a simple thing,…
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The Paradox of Living
Littered all across scripture are paradoxes upon paradoxes. Matthew 11:28&29. Jesus call the heavy-ladened to come and pick up his yoke. Ephesians 2:8&9 and James 2:14, 17&26. One claims that faith, not works, is what saved us, and the other claim that faith without works is dead. Ephesians 1:19-23 talks about Christ conquering principalities and…
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Coloring outside the lines
James 1:2 NKJVMy brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials. I think James’ choice of words is quite peculiar. Fall. Various trials. How many of you have ever had a graceful fall? You know, you are walking on the street like you own every building on the sidewalk, when your ankle…
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