Delve

Delve into the bible through our informal, easy to read Delve Blog articles. A new article is posted regularly.

One of the most exciting things about being a Christian is love. We have access to a God who loves us deeply and unconditionally. God is love. And his love is absolutely crazy – it’s what led Jesus, the Son of God, to lay down his life and die for people who rejected him, hated him and put him on the cross. We are called to this same radical love – not to love only ‘nice’ people who are nice back to us – but to keep loving even when we are rejected – or when it requires sacrifice.

Read more...

I had a moment. I was fixing my hair and I smiled because I liked what I saw in the mirror. A beautiful women, happy and at ease with herself stared back at me. I am celebrating this moment because in it I realised how much God has been restoring me.

For large sections of my 30 years of life I have hated the way I look. I believed I was ugly and unattractive and when I looked in the mirror I was unhappy with what I saw. I destroyed or deleted any photo of myself I remotely didn’t like – I didn’t leave many!

Read more...

More in: Delve Blog