Walking with God

I believe if you want to know what's in someone's heart, check their newsfeed and reels. Apart from the ads, mine are mostly about love of Jesus, Bible teachings and teachers, Christian values, trees, Star Trek, Liverpool FC and cats.  At last, Facebook finally gets me. 😊

I've been thinking about what it means to have a hardened heart and what areas of my life are still hardened towards God. When your heart is hardened towards God, you can't see Him operating in and around you. A hardened heart blinds you to God's invisible realm and you only believe in what you can sense physically.  Another thing that hardens the heart is intellectualism. You think the intellect is the holy grail which can solve all of humanity's problems. I believe that's why many people who go to university as Christians end up rejecting God. I did the same. Now that there is AI and we have access to all kinds of knowledge - fact and fiction - at our fingertips, there is no longer any room or need for God's wisdom. Another thing that hardens the heart is our expectation about God.  It is written in the Scriptures that when Jesus was born into His culture, His own people did not recognise him as the Messiah as their hearts were hardened. (John 1: 10-11) Here a...

I had planned to hang out with a friend on Christmas Eve, but I woke up with a sore throat so I decided to cancel. The sore throat rapidly developed into a cough and cold. I spent most of Christmas Day in bed. I didn't even have the desire to open my Christmas presents. As my flatmate hasn't been feeling well either, she was also lying low. She decided to make us Christmas dinner on Boxing Day and invite our neighbour.  I didn't join them, I had mine in my bedroom. While all the drama was going on externally, I was secretly reminding myself that on the cross, Jesus took on all sickness of all humanity and gave us His healing. This means I was and am already healed. Why is my body resisting that truth? Last night, while I was having a coughing fit, I reminded myself of a few Bible verses I have memorised. I was inspired to thank God. The Bible teaches that in everything give thanks. I believe when you're thanking God you are magnifying His presence in your experience.  W...

 "Oh my Lord, You sent your Son to save us." ❤️

After sending birthday wishes to a Facebook friend, she thanked us all for thinking of her and acknowledging her existence, which made me chuckle. I promised to acknowledge her existence the same time next year. Her partner responded that acknowledging her existence comes under their relationship agreement. 😀 Our funny exchange got me thinking about my existence and relationships. The only one Person I know who is constantly acknowledging my existence is God. Jesus even said that God knows how many hairs we have on our heads. That's how intimately God knows each of us.  At Christmas, all Christians celebrate the birth of God's only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born as a human being and sacrificed Himself so all believers can be saved and reconciled with God. I give thanks for my intimate relationship  with God through  Jesus Christ our Lord. Merry Christmas everyone. ❤️ ----- Relevant Bible verses: "For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the gove...

A few months ago while I was working at this art centre, I saw an old friend. We exchanged numbers and promised to have a catchup up very soon. We finally met up and went to this bar overlooking the River Thames. It was lovely catching up and sharing where we both are. When we last met briefly in 2006, my friend was going through a major change in her life and I was living with my mum. Even though we intended to stay in touch that never happened. I've often wondered why even though I often thought about her. In the Bible, King Solomon wrote, "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:" Ecclesiastes 3: 1 I believe God, who has all time in His hand, knows exactly what seasons we are going through and arranges when to meet up with the people that are meant to be in our lives. Now is the right time. Thank you, God, for reuniting me with my friend. ❤️ ---- Relevant Bible verse: "My times are in Your hand;" Psalm 31: 15