Silent Time

Whom do you follow?

People of all times have followed others. The ways and structures may have changed and keep on changing over the generations.

But the basic principle remains the same: do you main…

Have you ever got a promise from someone, but the promise was not kept?

Or the other way round … you promised someone but could not keep it?

Between persons, that easily happens.

But the eternal, alm…

How do things go in your life? All in all well? Or more to complain?

Give thanks to the holy God for the good days.

And even in difficult times of sorrow – raise your head! Remember what the Lord has…

A punishment such as imprisonment is associated with negative thoughts.

But the intention, at least in case of sentences in fair legal systems, is a positive one, to let the criminal reconsider the m…

Everything is in flow – things come and go.

Seasons come and go.

Good and bad times come and go.

What remains?

Mary and Joseph assumed that Jesus was amongst the travelling group back home.

Is Jesus amongst us, as we travel through life? Do you involve him into your life?

How exciting it is, if someone suddenly in life understands interdependencies between matters that earlier seemed to have nothing to do with each other. For example a student might understand how eco…

Why did Jesus not tear the chains, when they led him to crucification?

After all, he had and still has all power and easily could have torn them.

The reason for not tearing the chains surprisingly re…

What is more important in your life – to play the lottery game? Or to participate in certain businesses and create income? Or the salvation that Jesus brings us and his sacrificial love?

By the time …

Graves and tombs can be scary, because they remind of death.

By that time, it seemed as if death and dark forces had won the victory. But not so.

Jesus has overcome devil, death, sin and hell. What a…

What would you say is required to go to heaven?

Many will think of good deeds or keeping lots of commandments.

But which criteria does the eternal God look at?

Love is not jealous.

What does it mean?

For certain matters we over-estimate the impact.

For others, we under-estimate their impact.

In whom or in what do you believe?

Only in your own abilities?

Or in “some kind of higher being”?

Who is calling you?

And: whose call do you answer?