MUSINGS AT 26

I can’t believe that it has been 365 days, 12 months, 8,760 hours, and 525,600 seconds since I last celebrated my birthday. How time flies!  And between the interval of 25 and 26, countless events, experiences, and lessons (some were remarkable while others less remarkable) have appeared on the path. It is always a delight to stand, again, at the threshold of a new phase of ascendancy.

So this is a treat to my irreplaceable friends.

I still am in love with books…

Ravi Zacharias, author and apologist, said, “I pray that books never go out of fashion”. I agree with him, and I add, without books, life will be bland and witless and colourless. We prefer the movie version. I realise that my mind is important to God. Books are strewn about in my room; books that I have read, books that I intend to read, and those that I might never read—I just love to have them around.

Intelligent Design—Book of the Year

Williams Dembski did an excellent work in this piece. When 2017 emerged from its shadows, I was glossing over the beauty, precision, and candour of Williams about why the intelligent design theory is really the most plausible. Guys you need to sell all (not all really) you have to get it. So it conveniently sits at the top of the list as the book of the year.

Dare to do

I am a chronic worrier (I worry about being worried). I’m usually caught in the internal rumblings of defeat, fear, and unbelief. I am afraid to do what I know I should do. Friends, nothing can be achieved this way. Recklessness sometimes is not only appropriate, but required. I look back at a course of action I executed early this month and I feel bliss. If I had slept over it, it would never have happened. So friends, cut the leash!

I love philosophy!

Don’t get me wrong, I do not have any sort of formal training in this discipline (I wish I did). But between November 2016 and February 2017, I have thirstily guzzled several materials on this subject. I guess I’m in love with hard sayings and difficult questions of humanity, society, religion, and faith.

Artiste of the Year

I have been a loyal fan of Hillsongs for the past six years, but this year my artiste/band of the year is Anthem Lights.

Birthday wishes

I wish I’ll write a best-seller; I wish I’ll run into some very good books; I wish I’ll listen to Anthem Lights live and get a signed copy of their album; I wish I’ll see Pirates of the Caribbean—Dead men Tell No Tales; I wish I’ll get a Samsung Tablet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!