In Moments Like This

God the master of time, never gives the future. He gives only the present, moment by moment.

Christian growth

  • DAY 45 – The Living Word

    The word of God is living and active: it probes the thoughts and motives of our heart. Hebrews 4:12 Lord, often Your Word has made me uncomfortable, questioning me, challenging me, urging me to rethink the way I live. I remember being troubled by these words: Love your neighbour as I have loved you. Uncomfortable,… Read more

  • Day 44 – Ordinary Time

    Lord, ordinary is where You most often choose to dwell. Most of salvation history unfolds without spectacle. You lived thirty years in Nazareth – working, eating, resting, praying – before three public years that changed the world. No miracles recorded, yet the Church calls those hidden years holy. The Church reminds me that ordinary comes… Read more

  • Day 43 – Is This Ordinary?

    What is ordinary? What feels ordinary to one personmay feel impossible,even extraordinary,to another. Ordinary?Nothing special?nothing distinctive?nothing worth noticing? But is that really true? Swimming is ordinary for me.Pull, breathe, kick.The body knows what to do.Years of repetition have made it instinctive.There is no need to think.Stroke after stroke,lap after lap,the mind settles. In the water,there… Read more

  • Day 42 – Wounded Faith

    Today I met someone named Barnabas. Since I had never met a Barnabas before, I asked him if he was a Christian. He replied, “I used to be. Then I went to a school full of gangsters. How could I remain Christian? I got beaten up because it was nerdy to be Christian.” He laughed… Read more

  • Day 41 – Courage to ask

    Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. You are not a distant GodWho ignores the pain of your people.You empathise with those who suffer. When the leper asked, “If You want to, You can cure me.”You replied, “Of course I want to. Be cured!” The leper did not doubt what… Read more