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It all comes together

It all comes together

Last December, to my delight, my husband bought me a 3000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Growing up I loved completing puzzles but have never completed one with over 500 pieces..

  • When God steps into your routine

    I recently finished reading the biography of Elisabeth Elliot. Elisabeth, or Betty, as she was more fondly called was the wife of Jim Elliot. He is well known as one of five missionaries killed while trying to make contact with the Auca, a tribe from Ecuador. 

  • A nobody nothing nowhere

    Relocating islands and coming to a new school has gotten me thinking a lot. As I had to readjust to a new city and a new workplace, I started reflecting on what I have done, what I am doing and what I will continue or stop doing.

  • Saluting a private

    Recently, a story has unfolded of the NZ Army’s writing competition for soldiers of the rank of private. After running it and selecting a winner, they then contradicted themselves like a decaffeinated sugar-free energy drink and depublished it from their website. 

  • Surprise. Depression.

    I’m writing this in the middle of Aotearoa New Zealand’s winter, July 2022. It’s the third July in a row where our lives have been affected by the global pandemic that is COVID-19.

  • When two become one – checking out ‘marriage’

    Jesus said of marriage, “A man will leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the two will be one flesh.”

  • The lion and the porcupine

    My writing journey has recently begun and what an enriching journey it has been so far.

  • What about the Crusades

    Some years ago at a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, US President Barack Obama reignited a thousand year old debate with his comments about the Crusades.

  • God is faster than we fall

    Have you ever experienced the feeling of falling while you sleep?

  • One matters to God

    Having seven cats at home, I will be honest that I and my husband have two favorites among them as they are the sweetest and most behaved among the seven cats.

  • Reckless or relentless love?

    Is the love of God reckless or relentless?  This is a question that has been on my mind a lot since recently.

  • A fool's goal and a fool’s gold

    In June, I was given the opportunity to share a message with the members of the youth group of the church I attend. The essence of the message was how Jesus entered into Matthew’s life and changed his story. Matthew was formerly a tax collector, and Jesus called him to be one of his disciples.