thoughts of my head upon my bed
thoughts of my head upon my bed
May is the month when I wasn’t sure I’d get my monthly blog in or not. It was really a toss-up: “I may or may not blog this month,” I thought. But I just really did not want to break my beautifully consistent record of blogging every month so here I am writing something down. …
Saw this poem as a friend’s note on Facebook and I liked it, so I share it here for your blessing. (Author Unknown) Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried. Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my future,* And the Master so gently said, “Child, you must wait.” “Wait? …
I absolutely love being a student again! Seriously! Sometimes, I can even feel my brain grow! It’s awesome! Now that I’ve convinced you of my sincerity by the overwhelming use of exclamation points, I shall proceed to confess to a phenomenon that is completely new to me. Yes, I’d heard it spoken of, but I …
As a single young person with a desire to live wholly for God, there’s a tension that develops with respect to marriage. It goes something like this: Thesis: Jesus is all the world to me. He is my soul-sufficiency. Take the world, but give me Jesus – all its joys are but a name. I’d …
My days as a thirty year old are numbered. And thoughts of entering my thirty-somethings has me reflecting on my twenties – the good, the bad and the ugly. Well, mostly the bad and the ugly actually. After this post I promised myself to turn my focus to the good so I can give God …
A conversation I had with a Croatian friend of mine during our first year of college in the US stands out. She said, “Sikhu, I don’t understand why Americans ask, ‘how are you?’ when they don’t really want to hear your answer!” She would actually take the time to craft a meaningful response to their …
So I’m a few days late, but Christmas is a time of year when the world remembers the miracle of the incarnation. God, who is infinitely infinite, packages Himself into the tiny, helpless form of a baby. With no earthly father to claim, He is born of a virgin – IMPOSSIBLE and yet apparently, with …
Berrien Springs is awesome! No, I’m not being sarcastic. Yes, it’s in the middle of nowhere. Yes, there are only 4 or 5 places to eat out. And yes, the air on campus sometimes smells like cow dung. haha. But those are the very things I love about this place. Well, I could live without …
Over the past few years I’ve met women who have challenged my long-held conviction that when it comes to marriage, the man must always be older than the woman. No, he couldn’t even be a day younger! This belief did not evolve in a vacuum. Rather, it was seeded by lectures during Sabbath afternoon youth …
One of the greatest gifts that experience brings is the opportunity to mentor the less experienced. So in light of my 30yr status, I’ve been doing some reflecting on how I responded to mentorship in my youth. Sad to say, on many occasions, I have been far from the model mentee. One example comes to …