At some point in our journey, we all encounter a reality check. Your life, provision, source, and substance do not come from the world you perceive through your five senses. For some, it's a quiet nudge or a niggling question: 'Surely there's more to life than this?' For others, it comes as a full-blown, life-altering... Continue Reading →
The path that leads to life
The path leads to a crossing. Are you ready?
Religion is not an end
Religious and other spiritual practices, traditions and rituals often point to a greater truth and reality. They are not ends in themselves. Re Union with the One true God is our destiny. Everything should serve that end, and not become ends in themselves. Otherwise they become ‘manna’ that turns rotten, good intentions that turn bad,... Continue Reading →
Start where you are
There are no accidents nor coincidences in the universe. There is a design and purpose to the circumstances that currently surround you. There is an intelligence that informs the space you currently occupy. Have faith.Trust in the benevolent intelligence that guides and steers your path. God is at work within you, to ‘will and do’... Continue Reading →
Careful for nothing
The saying goes that the best things in life give themselves for free. They are not received through effort, striving or desire. We get the most out of life when we stop making demands of it. When we step into the flow of life, the currents and tides bring us the best it offers ...... Continue Reading →
This little light of mine
I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. Acts 26:19 Walk true to the measure of light that you have been given.Work with what you have received. Grace and Providence will serve up the next, when you are ready. Don’t run with another’s dream, values or beliefs. Draw instead from the deep wells within you.... Continue Reading →
About the blog. afishoutofwater.blog is an exploration of life and spirituality (Christian and otherwise). Dad, Husband, Writer are some labels I wear, amongst others.Above all, and for most of my conscious life, a fish out of water best describes the clash of worlds between the life on the inside of me, and what I encoumter... Continue Reading →
