26-12-2022I finally watched Lord of The Rings. Yes. For the first time ever. And at the end of the third film, The Return of The King, Frodo says the following and of course I reflect. "Your heart begins to understand, there is no turning back." Indeed, at the end of this year, that’s where my … Continue reading There Is No Turning Back
The Bold and Faithful Investment
9-2-2023As I read Acts 20 today where Paul has a farewell address to the Ephesian elders before he goes back to Jerusalem, he says this: “..the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood”. And it made me think, God, Jesus, purchased the church, us, with His own blood. He purchased us. He … Continue reading The Bold and Faithful Investment
The Empath Superpower
Soo, I started watching Manifest on Netflix and in the third season, oh wait: SPOILER ALERT! Ok, so in the third season.. Zeke becomes an empath. He possesses the psionic ability to sense the emotions of others. He feels what others feel. In this scene he felt how this older dementing lady felt in a moment … Continue reading The Empath Superpower
A Pursuit Of The Wind
27-6-2021Have you ever read Ecclesiastes 2 before? Where you find Solomon kind of monologuing and a bit arguing with himself. Where you find him being disappointed every time he finds out that practically everything he does here on earth, "under the sun" as he put it, is a pursuit of the wind. Bless him. Have … Continue reading A Pursuit Of The Wind
To Enjoy Enjoying
I wrote this piece 2,5 months after I arrived in Portugal. That's now three years ago. I'm getting back to these pieces and texts I'm finding that I wrote before. To still share them, yes, but also to enlighten me. It's funny to see that three years ago I had these same thoughts or actually … Continue reading To Enjoy Enjoying
It’s Not About You
Sometimes it's just not about you. Well in this case, not about me. I recently had a moment with my mother where I explained what I didn't like or what I didn't enjoy. And she kindly gave me the reminder back that sometimes it's just not about me. Have you had moments where someone overly … Continue reading It’s Not About You
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