Un-LEash

Prodigal - noun - someone who spends recklessly and wastefully. The Prodigal Son...the parable told by Jesus  "back in the day". The story on the surface seems simple. A man has 2 sons. One son (let's call him PG) decided that he wanted to live it up and away from Papa, so asked for "his" money and went and squandered it. Meanwhile, the other bro (let's call him P.See) was at home, supposedly doing everything as expected. PG ended up living with the pigs (literally), and then came to his senses. He said, "I can eat with the servants of my father and still eat better than this". So he went home. Now Papa saw PG a way off and hoisted his garment and ran to meet him. Papa didn't care that he had squandered his money...he was now home. So what better way to say "welcome back" than to celebrate! The fattened piggy and choicest moo-er didn't stand a chance! But it seems not everyone wanted to celebrate. Big bro said the ungrateful wr...

Dreams...desires...we all have them. As much as we may dream while sleeping, that's not the type I'm referring to. I'm talking about the ones we spend hours day-dreaming about and put a lot of energy into, or the ones we've had since we were years younger. They sometimes change overtime when a new dream takes over, or life just makes us realise that it wasn't really worth the time or energy. Sometimes, we have them for life. We may live to see them realised, or we live continually hoping... In a sense, dreams are a part of who we are, an extension of ourselves. It could be our good side or the naughty one. The dreams could be God-breathed or the result of our selfish desires. What becomes important are two things: 1) from whence do the dream emerge, and 2) which do we keep alive. As a Christian, I strive to keep alive those which I believe are of the Spirit or simply those which facilitate my growth and development. What I've learnt about these dreams is tha...