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"We've all been given a microphone. The real question is: Will we use it?" I just read the above quotation  here and it got me thinking about all the opportunities I have had in life and what I did with them. I have definitely had loads of opportunities, what good have I done with them? What am I presently doing with all the 'talents' God has given me? Do I spend my time looking for ways to make sure that the talents bring in a good harvest or am I continually whining about all the opportunities I think should have come my way but have not? Im living in a village which has virtually nothing that reminds one of the outside world. No roads, no schools, one clinic, no vehicles, no running water, no electricity, no indoor plumbing, no offices, no supermarkets, no markets, no electricity poles, no public transportation, no phones, no coke, no telephones, no televisions! I have been surrounded all my life by the things listed abo...

                                                                     There are many times I wish I could escape to my childhood or the accompanying innocence and a time of ignorant bliss about the evil that abides in abundance in the world and the duplicity of man. I want to escape to an era when I took a smile for what it was 'a smile' when I did not have to second guess what a comment meant or did not mean. When we did not hide behind masks but our faces told the exact stories they meant to tell. I like to believe that I am a believer in the inherent good in every man but there are days that it takes all I have got to continue to believe. Its di...

When you discover you can never save the world its then you realize that you need to be saved!

Only yesterday I pondered the seeming futility of mortality, this morning I woke to the news that another plane crash had occurred and wiped out more than one hundred and fifty souls. What makes it so painful is the fact that if only things had been in order it would most likely have been averted. So many friends and families thrown into mourning .... So many tears shed... So many hopes dashed.... So many bright futures cut short.... How long shall we continue to weep, how long must we cry out before change comes, not just to the aviation industry but our country as a whole.... How long?

....is never easy!

I sat down a few days ago and I thought over my life. I dont yet have as many rags as my grandma but I can boast of having more clothes than a child:) Anyway I wondered why on earth I have gone through so many phases as I have and in my minds eye none of the experiences are yet to be linked. You hear stories of peoples lives and see how an experience they had when they were young was relevant to their life later on. I almost scoffed at the idea until I consoled myself that I am probably not at that age when I can boast of such, but the question I ask myself is when are things going to fall in place? One big and pretty consoling consolation is that God knows the whole picture! He does and even if I cant see it, He does! Why does it console me? I guess my answer is like the Psalmist who said when I was young and now I am old, I have never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread. There is one thing to be said of God, He certainly knows what he is doing when I absolut...

Its the little things that matter..... the beginning of spring  the joy of a meal  the colors in the market place  the lights that dispel darkness  the sense of community  the taste of the exotic  the sweetness of chocolate  the sounds of the jazz band on a friday night  the  blueness of the sky I tell you its the little things that really matter!