[Part 3, Chapter 21] Life is full of challenges. Sometimes those challenges come as the consequences of poor choices we’ve made. Other times, there are circumstances we’re called to face, and we don’t feel up to it. Then there are situations that just appear to be beyond our control. While the challenges themselves may not […]
[Part 3, Chapter 20] I can’t remember the exact date when I knew Julie and I were the ones for each other, but I vividly recall the precise moment. It was in the second half of 1983, we were in my Datsun 1600, driving along Hackney Road, the Botanic Gardens on one side, the Hackney […]
[Part 3, Chapter 19] Elizabeth’s disgrace was taken away. That is a powerful description of what has taken place in us because of Jesus. However, the pain of what took place can leave us living with the feeling of disgrace. That negative feeling can nestle in to stay. We may then define ourselves by what […]
[Part 3, Chapter 18] I can’t remember where I first heard it, but it has been teasingly stated that the moment you have a child, you become the subject in their future prayer counselling. Jokes aside, there is an element of truth in that statement. All parents are human. Even the best parents are inconsistent. […]
[Part 3, Chapter 17] It was something I said I’d never do. Not only that, I’d judged those who did. I was in a car wash café. Paying money for someone else to do my dirty work while I sat idly by. It wasn’t laziness that had me sitting there. Rather, it was stains and […]
[Part 3, Chapter 16] It was hard to admit to myself. Even harder to admit to Julie. “Julie, I don’t want to talk about it at the moment, but I now agree my health niggles are probably stress related. I know I’ve been under pressure. You know I’ve been feeling anxious.” There, it was out. […]
[Part 3, Chapter 15] Favour removes shame. Simple to say, harder to live out. Elizabeth, about to become the mother of John the Baptist, had been barren. A horrible word to explain childlessness. Even more horrible to be without something you’ve longed for. Triply horrible to be old and without a child in a society […]