Double Life

Double life and the Late Ravi Zacharias shouldn’t have to be put in the same sentence but they are now.
 
I bottled up my pain since I’ve first heard the news but today, after hearing the comments of two well respected men of God, I felt a bit comforted.
 
What comforted me?
 
The truth that Jesus Christ is the only Man of God we need to look up to! We all are broken people left and right!

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Hot or Cold

There is one good saying in Amharic. It goes something like this: Just because you have two legs doesn’t mean that you can climb two trees. (I know, some of you may translate it better but I guess this is the best I can do).

A similar one in English would be: You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

You can have your cake and keep it in the fridge or you can eat your cake and you won’t have cake to keep in the fridge. Both these situations cannot be true at the same time. You have to choose one. Continue reading Hot or Cold

Happen to Good People

We usually ask, “Why do bad things happen to good people?”
 
We ask that because we believe that there are good people. Well, don’t get me wrong, compare to us, there are many good people. Oh, yes, there are way “gooder” people than me, if you know what I mean. 
 
But sometimes we genuinely ask that question in our hearts when we believe that those “good people” are us. 

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“Knowing” a Girl or a Wife?

Eve has a description. It doesn’t just say, Adam knew a girl named Eve.

Are you kidding? Oh, no, the Word of God doesn’t say that! It says, “And Adam knew Eve HIS WIFE;” (Genesis 4:1a KJV – capitalization is mine)

“And” shows that there were necessary events that had to occur before Adam “knew” his wife (the girl had to be publicly declared as “his wife”) and the semi colon (;) shows that “knowing” (making love, NIV) is not the end in and of itself. There is more blessing following it, depending on at what stage “the knowing” occurs.

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Purity for the brave hearted!