My reflections

Have you ever played Peek a Boo with a child? What makes the child so excited to see your face? What makes the child sad when the face is hidden?  This is a concept called Lack of Object Permanence. Meaning, a child thinks that the object that is hidden, is gone for ever and when the object is shown to the child again, it gets excited.  In other words, 'Out of sight = Out of mind'.. Object Permanence completely develops by around 1 year. By this age, they know that the object continues to exist eventhough it is hidden and so when we try playing Peek a boo with toddlers, they get bored. They know you are there even though you hide your face.  Object Permanence is an important milestone.  When a child doesn't attain this, it leads to anxiety and forgetfulness.  I guess, this concept holds good for our spiritual lives as well. There was a time when we were spiritually infants.. we clapped, got excited and were overwhelmed with the goodness of God in our lives and w...

 Over the past few days, my mind has been preoccupied with Hebrews 6:19..  Christ, the anchor for our souls.  Hebrews 6:19 TPT We have this certain hope like a strong, unbreakable anchor holding our souls to God himself. Our anchor of hope is fastened to the mercy seat in the heavenly realm beyond the sacred threshold, and where Jesus, our forerunner,  has gone in before us. He is now and forever our royal Priest like Melchizedek.  This analogy of anchor has made me pause for a while and think of the depth of this verse. I was looking at how these anchors work and turns out, only an anchor that is on the proper sea bed can hold the ship secure and prevent it from drifting away. Fortunately, our anchor is fastened to Christ, who holds us steadfast and prevents us from failing. This anchor was tested and proven by the pioneers who went before us, to be strong enough to endure any kind of hardship our human mind can ever comprehend. By faith, they have held on to t...