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The Favour of God

  “God is good, all the time and all the time, God is good”. This “call and response” affirmation of faith is quite common and I’ve heard it through song, movies and by Christian speakers. The person proclaims “God is Good" and the recipient replies “All the time". Then, after a pause, the recipient says back to the person “All the time" and the person says “God is good!”. Seeing and hearing it in action is quite a powerful thing. On our best days, those days where we’re feeling the sun warming our face, when our heart is bursting with joy and the encompassing love of God surrounds us this affirmation is exceedingly easy to say, understand and even live by. On our worst days it is a pull on our heart and a lump in our throat. In the last post I wrote about having a better relationship with God. I spoke on the premise that God doesn’t move but sometimes He goes quiet. It’s a hard truth; sometimes, when you really need Him, there is an absence of feeling, l
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A Better Relationship

  I’ve been a “Christian” since 2008. At the time I was under the impression that “Christians" were nothing but hypocrites who followed an outdated religion which had no place for me. I wanted answers not religion. I had tried and was kicked out of several Alpha Courses. Then I attended one more. That Alpha course was the moment when things “clicked”. Although I still had lots of unanswered questions the mystery of God was finally revealed. There was nothing “magical” within it. A straight up answer of “I don’t know but you can find out" allowed me to find a comfortable stance in knowing that God can reveal answers the closer to Him you get but be prepared because you could reach old age and not know everything. I understood the mystery. There was, of course, some mysterious and “magical” moments; moments that cemented my relationship with Him, moments that were nothing but God speaking to me and moments of feeling the Holy Spirit. But I had to start that re
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