Words4Wonder Blog

Psalms 145:14   “The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down”   Recently I’ve been having a few conversations with people on some of their dreams and aspirations in life. Some vary but most of them consist of some form of material position: the ability to buy a house, and have a fancy car, or never have to worry about bills. These are all things I’m sure all of us want, but what happens if we don’t achieve them? Are we less of a person if these things are out of reach? Are we...failures?   Failure is a concept that has been very prominent in my life. If you have grown up in a household that is similar to mine, you may have had expectations placed on you. This may be by your parents, maybe an aunt or an uncle , or even yourself. I’m sure all of us want a certain lifestyle for ourselves, and with that comes a standard we hold ourselves to , which isn’t inherently bad, but with the absence of God it can overwhelm us when those said standard ...

Isaiah 43:18   “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past”   Recently, I’ve been so consumed with the past. Whether it’s past scenarios or situations , I dwell in a state where I’m immobilised . Mistakes and Regrets have been tag-teaming in a ring against my mind. Sometimes I wish things went differently, other times I rehearse what I would’ve done differently, but almost always I never allow myself to simply move on. Our past is our past, but we let it affect our present which in turn affects our future. However, we serve a God that even Time itself submits t o the founder and perfector of our faith (Hebrews 12:2)   Looking more closely at the verse , we see that forgetting the past, isn’t merely a suggestion, but rather something God wants us to do. God recognises that our past can bring certain triggers and emotions: and if you have lived in this corrupted world for a while, a lot of those emotions will be negative . Instead of letting those emotions ...

Luke 13:24   “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to”   Being at University for roughly 2 years now, there are times when evangelism becom es a close friend to what may appear to be a simple walk across campus. If I am bein g honest, there are times when I am not in the mood to get evangelised to. The interactions that I do have with people, almost all of them start by asking me the same question: “If you were to die today, would you make it to heaven? ”. I’ve always answered the question with “I think so” or “maybe ”, but I’ve realised my answers always lacked something: reassurance. My answers assumed that there wi ll be a set time or moment when I will earn the right to heaven, however, that assumed that getting to heaven is rewarded by my own works.   If you’ve been a Christian for a while, you may have heard the phrase “You’re saved by grace, not by works ”, but I think ...