Real Talk About Relationships
Welcome to Porcupine Diaries, where I share a few thoughts on how to navigate the first few years of marriage with God’s help! Enjoy the read! The year is 2015. The newly married couple, just back from their honeymoon, decide to set out for the nearest city to pick up some of their larger wedding … Read more Porcupine Diaries Part 1 – The First Prick
With every New Year comes a wish list – what does yours look like? Last year I had a long, long list! Top on the list was the end of the pandemic – I was so tired of it! Next were the usual prayer items – good health, provision, the children, work, etc. plus a … Read more What are you praying for this year?
The words I heard at the beginning of the year were not quite what I expected… Tick, tock, tick, tock. The clock slowly and steadily moved towards midnight. A new year was dawning, Another year of great positivity, hope, and promise. My New Year wish, Was that this year would be different. The … Read more My New Year Wish
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…” Those were the words that rang in my head after the last assessment as I picked up my bag to go home. I was so done with studying and all set for the holidays ahead. Doing written assessments after being out of the classroom for so long … Read more Lessons from the Assessment Room
Hello!!! Can you hear me? It’s God speaking – and I have a message for you! A pretty obvious question, right? God speaks to everyone! But wait – how do you know it’s God speaking to you? How do you differentiate between that greedy and selfish voice in your head and God’s voice? (Don’t feel … Read more How Does God Speak to You?
Even in the shadows… He is there. The phone rang, for the fifth time that day. The news was not encouraging, And all we could do was listen, And wait. What a season that was, It seemed like there were shadows everywhere. Every night I would ask myself, Where is God, In the shadows? … Read more In the Shadows
Have you ever wrestled with God? Who won? When we were younger, one of the most-watched programs on KBC TV was wrestling! I still remember characters like the Undertaker, Yokozuna, and other men with scary names coming into the ring and pulverizing their opponents. It was not an interesting thing to watch, but for some … Read more The Wrestling Match
Sometimes we forget how much we matter to God… This can’t be happening, I told myself. Another disappointment. Another thing that I so desperately wanted to work out, Had gone wrong. I wanted everything to go right, To go my way. But it didn’t. I started to believe that I didn’t matter to God. … Read more You Matter!
Do I still trust God? Do you? The prophet Jeremiah had a tough life. His job was to go round telling the people that destruction was on its way and that if they did not surrender to the Babylonians, things would go badly for them. He was threatened with death, locked up in prison, and … Read more Trusting God 101
What do you do when nobody wants anything to do with you? Rejection is something that we have all faced at one point. And you know what? It hurts!!! It’s not easy to reach out to someone and they ignore you or want nothing to do with you. Rejection from family is even worse! Sadly, … Read more When Nobody Wants Me…