April:: My Milestone Month

Hey!!! April is here and I am calling it my milestone month. Just before I get to that let me talk about the first day of April, aka April Fools Day. Well did you know that the Bible actually brands all who lie to a neighbour and say they were just joking as being worse than murderous fools??? Proverbs 26:18,19 states:

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows 19 is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"

I hope you were not caught up in the murky April Fools affairs.

Milestone month? Ah, yes!

::My daughter turns 6 on the third and as I watch my son move into early teenage its amazing what is happening to Wema and the role my son, Malcolm has on her life. I pray God allows me not to miss any step in this fledging and symbiotic relationship and that it bodes well for both siblings and for the glory of God.

::We have just completed the first organised small group discussion that my wife and I have been facilitating on the Purpose Driven series. With forty participants split into two groups the closing ceremony was a combined celebration for the two groups with a sumptous breakfast being served. I call it a milestone in that God has used these group of people in an amazing way to bless our lives and theirs too and its only a matter of time before they burst into full potential carrying the entire church with them. Opportunities for other groups sprouting from some of the group members are there not to mention our own Season II that should be kicking off in two months. By the way, for accountability purposes, the groups agreed to a monthly joint meeting over the next five months and who knows what God might have in store. As a goodwill gesture, the group raised funds to purchase a book and obtain the accompanying study material to send to some one in OlKalau (somewhere in Cenrtral Kenya) who received a 'lost' sms in the initial stages of the groups development and requested the same. Was the sms really lost? I do not think so!!

::The firm I have been working for over the past year has been bought off by a rival signalling that our contracts are on the line. While this brings tonnes of disquiet among my colleagues, I could not help but notice the calmness and joy Christ placed in my heart at the happenings... actually I was more worried for my colleagues and how they would receive the news more than myself. Just a few days before the news, I had a brief chat with a colleague whom I remember saying to that I am in the firm only for a season and a reason and once its complete it will be my time to move on as God provides!!! How prophetic!! Its easy for me to feel depressed as is my boss... we have literaly sweat ourselves out turning around the business from near oblivion to building our brand to its rightful status and just when we had got to the top of the hill and have a good view... events happening hundreds of miles away (in a board room in London) sweep all that away in one go!!!

What does the immediate future portend? I intend to give my all in the transfer process and ensure the few loose ends that remain are dealt with conclusively (i.e. make it much easier for whomever will be taking over) as I look out with grace and joy at what Christ has in store for me. As if having a premonition, I had already renewed my registration with my employing agency ready to listen to any opprotunities out there... I guess nows the time to spruce up the resume and hit the road!!

My guiding verse this month is off Pauls letter to the Romans Chapter 8:28,37-39

28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.37 ... in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I am more than a Conquerer!!!