Just making conversation...

These days people say 'simplicity is the new complexity', and I totally agree with that notion. Simple everyday conversations nowadays have turned into avenues of blood splattered by life philosophies gone wrong. You ask Mrs Balls, for instance, 'how she is doing', and in her response she fades into a paradigm shift of injustices done to her and like smoke colliding with the clouds, she brings about a fuzzy rainfall of self justification, and being the better person that she is, she ends by giving you a smile as her farewell gift, and by asking you the same question with the hope that by now you've teleported to her world so you could cushion each other in your state of misery or in your now unsung pleasures.
Put your ear closer to rear subwoofer of simple everyday conversations and you will hear the roaring screams of complexity embedded in the footsteps of our everyday walk of life. Sometimes these screams can be so loud that they can overshadow the voice of God in our lives, by stealing our your understanding and wisdom and replacing it with third hand shoe laces which are supposed to form the tying not of life but they break as soon as circumstances changed. And when you pause this dejavu playlist of misconcepted theories, you get the comment 'I'm just making conversation' or 'I'm just picking your brain', which, obviously, after the conversation, leaves you absent from your right mind.

We must then, at all times, make Christ the foundation of our daily arguments and conversations no matter the topic, so as to remain in His sanity.

A wiseman once told a close friend of mine that 'these days one must carry an umbrella to protect himselves, because it's raining lemon coated lies and blasphemies in attempts to steal our mind.'

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Sources: Life Scrolls, The Simple Factor

The Fantastic Voyage

It is said that life is a journey, so wonderfully crafted yet so unpredictable in its intricacy. In fact, it takes after the ocean in its built, filled with twists and turns and sometimes it feels as if we don't have control of our surf boards, we just move with the wave. Perhaps we are not meant to have control. I mean, imagine we it would be like if we had absolute control of our lives...most of us would be very successful in the construction of our own demise. Isn't it beautiful how God does it though, he gives us the ocean to conquer with nothing but navigation tools and directions to our end destination. The only time we get a chance to review the script its after the journey. I think that's what makes life such a fantastic voyage, the fact that you don't know what to expect but you take comfort in that God is the one in control and He is our end destination. As much as no journey is a smooth ride, what keeps us constant in our embarkment is faith in Him. Even though our faith ship might not seem to be as glamorous as the titanic, but has been tried and tested while the titanic now remains sunk. Luxurious cruisers that are unauthorised by God may look appealing from the shore, but they can't handle the weight of life, after the storm they're reduced to rubble. Life without God is not worth living!

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Sources: Life Scrolls, Life As He Planed It

Ahh...But Your Land Is Beautiful!

From the carefully crafted valleys of the Nile, to the subliminal waterfalls of Zambezi as she takes a bow before the majesty of Victoria, the great landmark of Zimbabwe. From the valley of a thousand hills, from the Drankensburg to the tip of Africa in Kilimanjaro, and to the ever growing Mount Everest. From the Grand Canyon and the Kalahari desert to the deep fortress of the amazon. Ah...but your land is beautiful! When you look at nature, what conclusions does it sparkly in your mind? It is by mistake that the universe turned out so beautifully and perfectly? I mean; when you look at creation, you can't help but think of the majesty of the one who created it, God. For instance, have you ever taken an early morning walk, purely for the pleasure of the walk not as an exercise? Where you feel the morning breeze caress your body, the trees waving at the new day, swaying from side to side, singing a hymn of calmness for the morning dew. The birds join in with sweet melodies saying 'hi' to the sunrise. And at the first gleam of dawn, the song reaches an end on a high note, as it wakes the flowers for stage appreciation to the director of music. Everyone in the choir striking their chords with perfect precision.

Now consider how the earth makes calls to the heavens for rain. The soil, in quenching its thirst, drinks up the moisture on the ground and then releases water vapour as incense offering to the sun through smoke signals sent via the air telepathic waves. The sun thus calls a meeting with the assemble of rain clouds, and scattered rainfalls be the main topic on the agenda. But suddenly, the crew of dark clouds crashes the party, accompanied by its two bodyguards, thunder and lightning. While down on earth's surface, all creation hides from the coming torrential rain. Peace is only restored when the shining beam of the sun finally overcomes thunder and lightning, sending the crew of dark clouds on the run for their money. Once again, after days of being cocooned indoors, everyone comes out to play. And when you look outside your window, you see human gatherings, still trying to find out what does it mean to be human. On the other side, you see dogs gathering on parks, coming together to enjoy their dogginess. It's so wonderful how every creature in creation (except one) is content about its being, it's so baffling.

It's amazing how, when nature goes through its usual mood swings, all creation responds in perfect correlation. All this though, shows the magnificence of creation because of its creator, God. In all, when you look at the intelligent design of creation, it can only point you towards one thing, God is holy, intricately beautiful, powerful and magnificent.
"Ahhh, your land is so beautiful...but it can never come close to your beauty."

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Sources: Life Scrolls, The Beauty Of God In Creation