When I wrote the following devotional several years ago, 2020 – the year of global hoarding – wasn’t on my radar. I had no idea that frightened people would stampede supermarkets to stockpile on toilet paper, baby wipes, and yeast. In March 2020, members of the not-so-secret society of “The First Order of the Closet […]
Fear
To Whom Are You Listening?
Those of you who have read “Seasons”, my first book, will recognise this devotional. However, I felt the prompting of the Holy Spirit to post it once again. I originally wrote this over 15 years ago. If there was ever a day for this truth to be repeated, this is the day. To whom are […]
There is a Pandemic and Its Name is Fear
I felt the Lord say, “There is a pandemic on the Earth and its name is Fear.” We can put a stop to it. There is a menacing epidemic sweeping our planet right now, and its named Fear. Unless we take immediate steps to counteract, we are going to see this virus spread and do […]
Focus on Him and We’ll See the World From the Right Perspective
A photograph of a police officer holding a toddler in his arms went viral across social media in September 2015. Behind the police officer lay the wreck of the child’s family car. Her father died in that crash, and the impact severely injured her mother. The collision threw her siblings from the vehicle. It was […]
He Called Us First
C. S. Lewis’s marvellous series, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, introduced me to Eustace, whose life-changing experiences were described in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”. Through his own personal encounters with Aslan, the stubborn, obnoxious, self-centred lad grew in his faith. He desired to please the one who set him free from the prison of […]
A Boarding Gate is a Place of Transition, Not a Destination
Airports, bus terminals, train stations; they share one thing in common — a place to wait. Waiting areas also hold something else in common. Their designers do not expect people to use them for extended stays. Although I can’t exactly prove my suspicions, I believe airports, bus terminals, and train stations take the following criteria […]