My thoughts and my life

A reminder for today Then the LORD asked Satan, "Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil." Satan replied to the LORD, "Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God. You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is! But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!"  "All right, you may test him," the LORD said to Satan. "Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don't harm him physically." So Satan left the LORD's presence. (Job 1:8-12) I was awake earlier and it started to rain again. The sound of the rain falling on the roof always has this calming effect over me. I love to listen to the rain and watch it as God washes away the dust and cleans the world. It is the...

A reminder for today There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. (Job 1:1) It is a beautiful Thursday and I certainly look forward to the day and all its challenges. I must say that the Lord gave me so much wisdom and help that I did much more than I expected yesterday, which is just awesome. How are things at your side, my friend? How are you coping? Have you started with your Christmas shopping and what are your plans for this Christmas? We are looking forward to spend our time with our family and to celebrate the birth of our saviour. I believe in a life of change it should be Christmas every day. Job was blameless and a man of complete integrity – Wow, wow, wow!!! He feared God and stayed away from evil – another Wow. When you open a book in the bible and the very first verse just puts you in your place, you know that God is so much more than what you could ever ima...

A reminder for today Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their descendants. (Esther 10:3) How are you my friend and how was your day yesterday? I am amazed at how the Lord is working in my life and how He is doing wonderful things for our family. The Lord blessed us with a beautiful new home with enough space for our kids and He has blessed us so much in our work and taking us beyond our challenges and just unfolded His love over our family. I am once more in place where I just want to praise His name and worship Him for all the good that came out of all the bad the enemy brought over our lives. I am humbled by His mercy and grace as I write to you today. As we look at the lives of Mordecai and Esther and how God used them to save the lives of many, I realise t...

A reminder for today "Who would do such a thing?" King Xerxes demanded. "Who would be so presumptuous as to touch you?" Esther replied, "This wicked Haman is our adversary and our enemy." Haman grew pale with fright before the king and queen. Then the king jumped to his feet in a rage and went out into the palace garden. (Esther 7:5-7) You know I always say Monday is filled with challenges so that Tuesday is not so tough. Indeed this Monday surely had his share of challenges and yes it is not the end of that. I guess I am a little addicted to challenges at work. I love the excitement of finding the answer and creating a workable solution, but sometimes that takes time and effort. You see the enemy does not want us to succeed and he will always try and challenge us up to where we get frustrated and angry. Off course this makes finding a solution harder, because impatience and anger are never there to help you think. It just causes more irritatio...

A reminder for today That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him. (Esther 6:1) How are you my dear friend and how was your weekend? Mine was just great. We had a great time with friends and family on Saturday as we celebrated my brother-in-law’s birthday. Yesterday i took my son to watch the movie “Justin and the knights of valour” and it turned out to be a very nice story which both of us enjoyed. It is all about following your heart and doing what you are destined to do. You see Justin’s father wanted him to become a lawyer, but Justin wanted to become a knight like his grandfather. So he set out on a quest to find the tower of wisdom so that he could be trained to become a knight - without his father’s consent.  Have you ever felt in your heart that there is something you need to do? Did it keep you awake or did it take over your thoughts and kept you from doing anyth...