2016 is drawing to a close and as always I'm looking back at the year. I can say the greatest thing to happen to me this year is my deeper relationship with God. And what I'm looking forward to in 2017 is walking even closer with Him. I learned to trust Him a lot this year. A whole lot. It took a lot of challenges, a lot of unnecessary heartaches and struggles but God succeeded in getting through to me…
My Passion - My husband and I sometimes play these online games of 'how well do you know your spouse' where you ask each other questions about yourselves. Eg I ask him what is my favourite colour, he asks me what is his favourite food. The questions often get much deeper than that though, delving into childhood traumas, unfulfilled dreams, secret yearnings, personal fantasies, long-term visions etc. It helps couples get really intimate with each other. Anyway. This particular day…
Yep, that is the name I chose as my baptismal name. I didn't have to choose a name. I did my baptism in my parents church and they don't make it mandatory for you to choose a biblical name. But I felt like, so I did. And I chose Deborah. There are actually 2 Deborahs mentioned in the Bible. The first one is Rebekah's nurse and she is only mentioned once - "Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under…