Aug 31, 2024
Empathy is one of the most poignant and powerful expressions of love known to humanity. Being there for someone, aching with them, or indeed celebrating with them, just speaks love like nothing else.
Yep, empathy’s a wondrous thing. And yet in the daily cut and thrust of life, as you’re trying to do all that you...
Aug 30, 2024
When you see a man walking down the street with a bunch of flowers, do you ever wonder why he bought them? Out of a spontaneous act of love, for a special occasion … or as an act of contrition?
Scenario: husband and wife argue. He realises he’s been a bit of an oaf, so he buys her some flowers after work to make...
Aug 29, 2024
Have you ever wondered why sometimes the joy you once had, the joy you believe God wants you to have, seems to have evaporated? Poof, gone! It’s almost as though God’s deserted you.
Look, sometimes He will take a step back to give us what feels like the rather dubious honour of having a wilderness experience...
Aug 28, 2024
When you stop and think about it, we know instinctively that our actions flow directly out of what’s going on in our heart. The problem is, all too often, we don’t stop and think about it.
So, when was the last time you were cranky. Why? What triggered it? Doubtless some stupid little thing that really didn’t...
Aug 27, 2024
When we head down the wrong path, when we know that what we’ve done is wrong, we instinctively want to run and hide from God. Crazy, right? Yet that’s exactly what we try to do.
You’ve been there, I’ve been there – we’ve both had that instinctive reaction and so we know that trying to sweep things under...