King David’s surprising kindness to Saul’s crippled grandson demonstrates God’s incredible love towards those who think themselves unworthy of His love. Anyone who wants to run away from God beause they feel disgraceful can come to Him.
Archive for the ‘Reflection’ Category
God loves the brokenhearted
Posted in Reflection on 4 January, 2012 (Wednesday) | Leave a Comment »
Grace and truth
Posted in Reflection on 26 December, 2011 (Monday) | Leave a Comment »
At the Christmas weekend yesterday, I went to a church in Seoul where a friend of mine is the assistant pastor and heard a good sermon, based on John, on how John viewed the Christ. He made an interesting point that Jesus is referred to only 2-3 times as ‘full of grace’, and that it [...]
Blessed are the mourning
Posted in Homophobia, Reflection on 14 December, 2011 (Wednesday) | 1 Comment »
“‘Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted’ … By ‘mourning’ Jesus, of course, means doing without what the world calls peace and prosperity: He means refusing to be in tune with the world or to accommodate oneself to its standards. Such men mourn for the world, for its guilt, its fate, and [...]
Becoming a fence
Posted in Reflection, Where I'm 'At' on 14 December, 2011 (Wednesday) | 3 Comments »
“The Prime Minister has sat on the fence for so long that now he’s become one” - Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Prime Minister. “Perhaps you still think you ought to think out beforehand and know what you ought to do. To that there is only one answer: you can only know and think about it by [...]
Top 50 Souls I’d Love to Counsel
Posted in Healing and Restoration, Reflection on 12 May, 2011 (Thursday) | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been thinking of the people of all history whom I would absolutely be fascinated to sit down with and counsel. I currently find myself counselling a number of people, both straight and those with unwanted same-sex attractions, those with sexual issues and those without. I’ve been thinking for a while which people (famous, infamous, [...]
Waiting and patience
Posted in Reflection on 11 May, 2011 (Wednesday) | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had to learn a lot this week about patience; instead of fretting over what I do not have and want to have now, I’m being instructed in the Lord towards some hard lessons: be patient. I’m eagerly awaiting the result of an interview to be a pastoral worker with an ‘ex-gay’ ministry. I’d love [...]
