There are many forms of joy. The joy of creating beauty, the joy of receiving a gift, the joy of expressing love.
But there is another kind of joy that if chosen, far outweighs it all. A joy that breaks through the hard ground, hopes in the darkness and sings in the chaos. This joy gives strength when there is not a fibre of your being left to hold on. It is a joy so deep and so fulfilling, because it stems from the very heart of God.
What does freedom mean to you?
For me its to live as I was meant to live, to fully live out what God created me to be.
These few days, I’ve been learning the importance of having freedom in community.
I used to see freedom as wanting to go somewhere far far away to hide myself from the face of the earth. To be isolated from problems and troubles and drama and conflict. But I’m discovering that true freedom comes in being able to love and be loved. Being able to overcome despair and disappointments and love again.
Its days leading up to what Christians call Good Friday and Easter, and the story of the Bible narrates two individuals and their responses to this one Person – Jesus, The Son of God who came down to earth to die for our sins…
Forgiveness. One of those principles that doesn’t make sense until you choose it. One of the hardest thing to talk about, one of the most counter- intuitive principles ever. But forgiveness is the only way forward. Because without forgiveness, we lock ourself up. We block grace, and if we refuse to let go, slowly weContinue reading “Waves | Forgiveness”
Before the cross, Jesus took three of His closest disciples to witness one of the most vulnerable moments of His time on earth.
There at the olive grove, the Garden of Gethsemane, He desired to share His wrestling with God with common men, fishermen to be precise, whose strength in the hour was insufficient to keep them awake.
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