Dearest Brothers...

Dearest Brothers in Christ this is an earnest plea...look after your sisters.

I can't bear to witness and experience more suffering. Your sisters in Christ are precious things, one day you will have the honour and privilege of having another's affection. Leading is a responsibility that has been given to you, it shouldn't be a chore or a drag but something that gives you pride and honour, just as serving and supporting you is for your sisters. You need to learn to break down your walls of pride and fear of vulnerability and lead from a Godly place rather than an Earthly one. We want to support and care for you but we want to be cherished too. Love us, support us, encourage us and help us to blossom. And as you lead us, we will respond with love, care, encouragement and support. You are our brothers and our family, love us like you love your blood related family. Grow into the men that we know you can be; be bold, be different, dare to stand and work for better. Having a wife is not a given or a duty but a gift and a privilege, being a father is a privilege, being a husband is a privilege. We long to be led by men that love God and who lead from a Godly place as a result. We long to be encouraged, supported, cherished and loved.

We see your potential now it's time to fulfil it.

Your Sister in Christ

Christianity is Liberation

When you tell people that you're a Christian and you love God it is a common misconception that it means "You follow a load of rules" or "You're either happy clappy or as dry as a burnt piece of toast" etc.

The assumption is that being a Christian is a restricting and oppressive choice.

It is such a misconception that right here and right now I'm going to eradicate it. Granted it won't be in a scholarly and academic fashion but it will be truthful!

Choosing to live for God was the most liberating thing I've ever done.

Imagine this...You've worked hard and you've just come out of school, you've been offered two fantastic jobs, same salary, same location, same great perks-how do you decide? At the end of the day although they both seem the same, one will be inevitably better for you because there will be different people involved and different styles etc.

Now if you're the indecisive type like me it'll be a killer trying to decide, but all I have to do is pray and wait for God to answer! Easy.

I don't have to worry about my future because He has it planned. Any mistake or seemingly wrong choice I make God will turn into something fruitful; whether immediately or whether years on.

I love walking back from places and being able to talk to my best friend even though He can't be seen. It's freeing. Being able to talk to someone who is always there, who will never let you down and who cares completely.

Try and name one person in your life who is all of those things, I can guarantee there will be no-one who fits all of those criteria all of the time, day in day out. How is that not liberating?

Yes, being a Christian means that perhaps I know of the 10 commandments and yes I want to abide by them as much as possible, but let's face it they're not exactly 'deal breakers'. 'Do not murder'-not exactly a toughy! I don't live each day confined by suffocating laws that tell me to face a wall, jump up and down 5 times, wash my face and then I can talk to God, if anything I live a life that is limitless and boundary-less, it is me that puts the obstacles there, God wants to break them and let me roam.

Jesus died on the cross so that none of us would have the issue of restraint, confinement and claustrophobia of oppressive rules and regulations. He died so that we could live, that we could have our own breathing space and use that breathing space to be close to God.

To have the knowledge that God is sovereign, loves me no matter what I do or say and allows me to live a life that isn't oppressed...now that is LIBERATING!

Get God in your life, get liberated.

Words fail me...

It is that time of year again when all the students return to their homelands for the Easter holidays and I am no different.

Returning home is always a time of mixed emotions as it feels like you leave your new life to return to the life you left behind (not always in a negative way though). Returning to my home church is particularly interesting; the less frequently I return the more I notice the changes. The changes in faces and the changes in style. Needless to say that the first meeting back I'm always a little apprehensive, mostly about how it is going to be and what has changed.

This Sunday was a great meeting, with a fantastic worship that really brought home to me the inadequacy of the English Language-bizarre thing to think right? Bear with me on this, it's going to make sense...Granted it isn't the most obvious or perhaps the most common thing to think when worshipping and praising an Almighty God, but it is true.

When I think about how amazing God is and how incredible He is, words fail me. When I worship Him and try to describe Him, words fail me. When I think about what He's done, words fail me. That's when I'm grateful for the gift of Tongues. Even then I feel like I am barely touching the surface of the praise that God deserves.

He is indescribable.

I was overwhelmed with the lack of words that can describe Him, I wish I could speak more about His character and His amazing qualities but I can't. There aren't words. Nothing comes close. I just have to laugh at the inadequacy and inaccuracy of the English language and for that matter all languages.

For even the most passionate and ardent words are not enough.

He means more to me than words can say. He is greater, higher, and better than any words can describe. He is more loving than words. Words don't do it.

The thing is until you've experienced His love, His beauty and His incredible nature aren't comprehensible. I can try earnestly to draw you in and describe Him, but it doesn't say much.

I could use the most eloquent of words and yet it wouldn't bring Him enough praise or glory. As I write this there is a big smile on my face, but even that doesn't say it.

My words are but a drop in the sea compared to how awesome a God is He.