Espresso for a Woman's spirit

Serendipity means a "fortunate happenstance" or "pleasant surprise". It was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. In a letter he wrote to a friend Walpole explained an unexpected discovery he had made by reference to a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip. The princes, he told his correspondent, were “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”. ( Source: Wikipedia) I've often wondered whether as a Christian we should believe in serendipity. If God is sovereign over all our affairs, would it be more appropriate to say that it was in God's plans? Yet somehow it also seems a little over doing it to be saying that every little thing is God's plan. Yes that is something that I've not quite figured out yet. But back to this picture. I would say that the chance of capturing it and in that sense any really good shot is serendipitous. It comes down to timing and chance. The story of this

In an attempt to hone my skills at writing, I've decided that it may be good to revive this old blog with new material and have some discipline in keeping it up. For the beginning I'll post 2 pieces that were taken from others but spoke greatly to me. This is a post on not judging. something I've been learning and reminding myself. A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile: my sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples? The girl looked up at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite of one apple, and then quickly on the other. The mum felt the smile on her face freeze. she tried hard not to reveal her disappointment. Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mum and said: Mummy, here you are. The is the sweeter one. No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always delay judgeme