At long last, I’ve some time to up-date my musings.

Months have passed and for a change the month of June went by without any funerals to conduct. But that is not what I want to write on today…

John 7:18 “He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.” (NIV)

This passage of scripture has been one of those that had formed the basis of ministry for me. Recently I was brought back to think on this verse again. The occasion that sparked off this musing was a conversation that I had with a colleague. I was trying to impress on him the need to examine why we do what we do and I quoted this passage to him.

Then I directed the question to myself.  Have I been working for the honor of God?

Honestly speaking, I’ve to admit that it had not always been the case. There had been times when I’d sought my own honor rather than that of Jesus the Christ. But thank God, His grace had often caused me to take a step back and check my heart’s motives.

I feel the Lord challenging me anew in this area.

On another note: The human memory is such an asset – I’m glad for it but at the same time realize that many times this gift of memory has not always been used for good. But for now, I’m glad for the memory of this passage of scripture and for the chance to re-align the motivations of my heart.

19 days has passed by since the new year began and I realized that it’s been a looooong time since I last wrote anything in this blog. I’ve been told that blogging is getting out of style and that Facebook, Tag, are the in thing. So that might account for my lack of enthusiasm to continue with blogging.

Be that as it may….since I’ve a blog started for me, I thought I’d try my hand at using it.

In the past 3 weeks since the beginning of the year I’ve attended 2 funerals, made quite a few hospital visitations and I thought this is really a good awakening to start the year with – an awakening to our human mortality. It’s an apt reminder that nothing on this earth really lasts forever. As the Bible puts it in Isaiah 40,

6 “….. All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.

7 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.

8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever.”

So, if the only thing that will last is the word of God, then I’d better pay attention to what it has to say. Therefore, for this year at least, I shall use this blog to communicate with you what I learn as I pay more attention to what the word of our God says.

You will hear from me!! Don’t know when yet but you will…..