Life & Death

If God is good, why did my grandma have to die?

When the life of someone close to you flickers away, all sorts of questions will course through your mind. God, if You are good – why didn’t you save her? Couldn’t you have let her live...

Illness

What happens when the healing doesn’t come?

When I look at my two-year-old toddler playing with her drawing set, I marvel at her perfection. The little angel only has one main imperfection – she was born with spina bifida, and since her...

Life & Death

My child, a gift from God, stillborn without a skull

My husband, Bryan, and I had been waiting for God to bless us with a second child. When we finally tested positive on a pregnancy kit, we were ecstatic. Through the first 12 weeks, everything...

Life & Death

I came close to death when I was a kid

I have had 2 near-death experiences in my life so far. In my first one, I was just 8 years old. A few of us were playing a game of catching in the car park after school (not a wise move with...

Mental Health

He is fighting for you

In the past, my whole life was filled with insecurities and inadequacies. Whenever negative thoughts overwhelmed me, I wouldn’t know what to do other than cry my lungs out. A day came when...

Illness

Eczema destroyed my skin, but not my faith in God

Eczema came back. Weepy wounds also returned. I came out of the shower in pain. I was reminded of those days I curled up in bed with towels, blankets, cloths and gauze covering the wet and weepy...

Mental Health

I will not be shaken

What do you do when the devil makes multiple attempts to overthrow you? How do you respond when he tries to steal and kill and destroy (John 10:10) the very things you hold dear? Such an incident...

Life & Death

I started 2019 with a funeral

On the list of ways I thought I would be starting 2019, attending my friend’s funeral was not one of them. I expected New Year parties, barbecues, even clearing assignments for school – yet...

Illness

Does supernatural healing still take place today?

Sometime ago, my mother had a minor health scare. She discovered a tiny 2.6cm lump on her thyroid and was shaken by it. So she went to the doctor and booked a couple of scans and tests to have a...