Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Note to self: Get your life in order
February, 2017 Organisation has been a tough one for me over the past year. I won’t bore you with a list of things I’ve been doing but I felt myself being swamped and little by little I’ve been learning to organise and juggle. It’s not perfect yet but here are a few tips anyway. Getting…
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The Daniel Fast 2017
January, 2017 First post of the year and like most of us, I have much expectation for this year. To describe last year in a few words would be rewarding, unexpected, exhausting and I think the list could go on and on. My personal struggle was maintaining my connection with the Lord. At the beginning…
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My Grace is sufficient.
December, 2016 “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.”2 Corinthians 12:9 NIV What is grace? Grace in a short term is strength and ability…
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Contentment.
December, 2016 Contentment has been on and off for me this year. Some days it’s true to say I’m content, others it’s not the same story. I’ve now found myself in a new place where I can see a part of the picture, the grand plan that God has for me and although it feels…
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God: Don’t throw your gift away.
God: Don’t throw your gift away. October 2016, Testimony/Story time. April 2015, I had two weeks off to tie up the loose ends of packing. It had been a long time coming but I had to move house and it was finally happening. Wading through bags of old papers, school books and college materials I…
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Release.
August 2016, In my walk with God I have been struggling particularly in my ability to control my negative thoughts and speech. So I’ve been asking the Lord to help me on this. Last week Monday he gave me a word, while I was at work. The word as titled above was ‘Release’. It jumped…
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Patience. Trust. Perseverance.
August 2016, So you’ve been praying and God gives you the answer you been waiting for, now what? What’s next? Have you been getting frustrated at how long it’s taking to get an answer? Well this is what I’ve been going through. God has been teaching me to be patient in all things, and…
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Mission trip: Georgia, Tiblisi part 2
July, 2016 So since its been a long time between writing this blog and Part 1, I’m going to write from the perspective of how I remember it now as compared with reading my journal. As I look back, the impression it has left on me isn’t very different from how I felt when I…
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Missionary trip: Georgia, Tiblisi Part 1
May 2016, So it all started around a few months ago, my pastor made an announcement about a missionary trip to Georgia (near Russia). I had no idea where it was and that morning I had walked into church with feelings of frustration mixed with urgency. Trying to worship with tears in my eyes, feeling like…
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Dream interpretation
Dream interpretation April ,2016 Dreams.. many people have opinions on whether they are pointless or meaningful. I feel they can be both, many dreams I’ve had were pointless..and I’ve also had some that were from God. As a child I had sleep paralysis, so my sleeping pattern was always unsettled. Insomnia was something I struggled…
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