Hope, Faith & Love

4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” ~John 3:4 It is interesting how the human mind works. Often we wonder, "if only I had another chance again, I would do this differently.." A chance to start again, to start new. A chance to learn from past mistakes and start to live a life that is more rewarding. Who would not want that, right? I often ponder about this. I know I have made countless of silly and hurtful mistakes in my life if only I can have a chance to go back and do it all over again. I have also found that life has very different ideas to what I have and sometimes, I am trapped by my own thoughts and restraints. Like a bird in a cage; The bird loves and dreams of the idea what one day it will be free. It will be able to spread its wings and fly to the sun again. One day, the owner takes pity for the bird and opens the door for it to finally live that dream, and f

2Ki 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. Reading through 2 Kings, it is mind-blowing. A child of 8 years old became king. I look at my nephews who are 14 and 10 and I struggle to imagine them ruling over the house, forget about over the country. And that started me thinking... What happened to the generations? How did children loses the idea of responsible; From a child who understood the responsibility of ruling over a country to one that is who to rule over his xBox? Joisah was thrust into the limelight but still there has been a change in the generations and how they see the world. Joisah's world was thrown into chaos with the death of the previous king. The incline is to look towards the advisers who presided in the court or other things. Instead Joisah, who was taught the Word of God from young by his mother, turns the Word for wisdom to