Be quiet and Listen

I like watching short videos about abandoned houses. I find it interesting to see that many are abandoned while the furniture is still inside. It gives you a glimpse into the lives of the occupants. I like to guess why they have left so many things behind. As I watched one such video, I felt…

Matthew 6:21 KJV “for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” In a busy world where things and people compete for your attention, it is easy to get caught up and loose your focus. I recently read a book about stewarding and managing your money. I had to rethink my budgeting principles…

Have you ever had a dream of doing something so big that it brought tears to your eyes? Dreaming of reaching possibly the highest goal you have ever set before yourself, but humbled because you know that on your own you cannot achieve it? Fiercely knowing that you are called to do it, but afraid…

Being without fear seemed impossible to me at one stage of my life. I was afraid of so many things, that I even dreamt up some extras. I’m not going to share all those fears with you, as I think we all have at some time or another went through fearful situations. But I would…

In 2021 I wrote a song called “There’s a song in your heart”. I was thinking of ways to inspire my piano students to start composing their own melodies and it just popped inside my head. As I was praying about what my next post should be, the song came to my mind again. Not…

Definitions of being sidelined are: “cause (a player) to be unable to play in a team or game” and “remove from the centre of activity or attention; place in a less influential position.” (reference: Oxford Languages) We are called to work together as one body of Christ. In 1 Corinthians 12:12 it says, “The human…

Everybody has an image of themselves when they are all grown up. For me it changed with every season of my life. First I dreamt about being a ballerina. I would put on my pink socks and dance on tippy toes throughout my grandmother’s lounge. The next time I visited I thought of myself as…

In Jeremiah 29:11 -13 God says to us that he knows the plans he has for us, plans to prosper us and give us hope for the future. He also tells us that he listens when we pray and that those who seek Him with their whole hearts will find him. Before we came to…

You would assume that coming to NZ in trying circumstances would lead to faith that move mountains and yet, when you are faced with giants, it can be easy to forget where your help comes from. According to the Bible, God has given every believer a measure of faith. So why do we start to…

No one can love us more than God who gave his only son to die on the cross for our sins. The Bible teaches us that love covers a multitude of sins and cast out all fears. In Zephaniah 3:17 we learn that God lives among us, that He delights in us with gladness and…