Surrender has not been easy for me. To me, surrendering means conceding defeat and giving up. The little control freak in me doesn’t usually want people telling me what to do – I want to be in control. But, the more I want to be in control, the more afraid I am of...
Jesus listed a lot of things that were going to happen, and we can witness that some have already happened in our present time. There were things for them to observe and understand as the time of His return draws closer. But it is not the exact time that Jesus wanted the disciples to...
Being a mother is a job with no rest, especially those who choose to forgo their careers and choose to be stay-at-home mothers. I was reminded of this while chatting with fellow stay-at-home mothers recently. We expressed how envious we were of husbands who had time to play on their phones...
It is ok not to be ok but it is not ok to stay not ok. Have I been ok? Ever since the schedule for the new semester was released last year, I asked God whether I should sign up for 2 or 3 subjects. For many weeks, I did not get any answer from Him. So, I signed up for 3. I was allowed to...
In this passage, Jesus warns the crowds and His disciples against religious hypocrisy. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees were primarily religious leaders for everyday life. Jesus told the crowds and His disciples to carefully obey their teaching about the Scripture itself. But He...
Truth be told, I have been going through a challenging season in life when it comes to listening to the will of God. This in turn is affecting my prayer life as there is this prolonged feeling of what could be described as a dampened sense of God’s presence. Scripture is the very Word of...
Compassion compelled Jesus to do something about the situation. In the previous chapter, we have the account of Jesus feeding the five thousand at Bethsaida by the Sea of Galilee, where the crowd were mostly Jews. Here, however, the crowd comprised Jews and Gentiles (Mark 7: 31), and gives...
