Praying to be loved: Have you ever been in a relationship and you like the person so much, but you noticed that perhaps they don’t like you quite as much as you like them, and you find yourself praying that they would love you? Ahh, I was once in that situation. Praying that he would…
Category: Life Lessons
Labor of Love
I was reading in Thessalonians recently and Paul talked about the Labor of Love (1 Thessalonians 1:3) it made me think about what love really is about. What is love? Can it really be love if it does not include labor? Is love always laborious? Is the labor of love worth it? Is it love…
Nigeria: Everyday Excitement
So I was talking to the CEO of a major Nigerian company one day, and he jokingly said that he couldn’t live anywhere else in the world because it would be too boring… “In Nigeria” he said “you may turn on the light switch, and the light may come on or not come on, you…
God: How did I get here?
Life is organic. Sometimes it takes us a long way to get to where we thought we should have gotten a long time ago. Sometimes we achieve things easily that others take years to achieve. Sometimes life seems frustrating and meaningless, and all you have to say is “God how did I get here?” We…
God: I’m Thankful
Many times we focus on all our problems, we think about how we’re still single when we would rather be married. How we’re not as rich as we thought we would be, how we’re not friends with the powerful people… whatever the case may be. But there comes a time when we just have to…