Draw near
Kate said Receive. Go. My heart hung heavy with worry and I could feel the beginnings of a cold sweat. I was in charge of a new project that initially seemed straightforward but the more I thought about it, the more I realised that there were certain kinks in it that...
Bury
It has been years since I last posted anything. Years since I blogged. Stretches of time where life unfolded and my words found expression in other ways. One could say I had buried that side of me. Kate's prompt this week did not ignite me with motivation. "Bury". The...
Assume
Kate said Assume. Go. Last Sunday, the message in church was based on John 6:1-13. The story of the miracle where Jesus fed five thousand with a boy's lunch. Today's writing prompt brought verse 9 to my mind, 'Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,...
He knows where I’m going
I got off the call reeling and in shock from the news I'd just been given. A number of different feelings coursed through me, leaving me overwhelmed and bewildered. On a day that had started super early thanks to poor sleep and the overactive mind that comes with the...
Delight
This freewrite is a few days late but for a good reason. We are currently on holiday on the beautiful African island of Mauritius, getting some much needed rest (photo above is the view from our hotel on Turtle Bay). It's our first "proper" holiday since the pandemic...
Become
The bible tells us that once you've accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, our old ways of life have passed away and we have become new. 2 Cor 5:17 (NKJV) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all...
Never
A quick Google search reveals "Never" to mean - at no time in the past or future; not ever; not at all When that word is used, the listener understands that the 'thing' in question is impossible. That it would not happen, no matter what. But how many times have you...
His ways…who can know it?
I haven't blogged for several months and I must confess, it all feels a bit rusty. As the days whizzed by in a blur of school runs, work meetings, church responsibilities, housekeeping, etc my heart longed to pen words that had nothing to do with science or medicine,...
The Miraculousness of the Ordinary
In the midst of your chaos Embedded in your regular rhythms Hidden in the mundane The commonplace and routine Lies the astonishing.This is the disguise of the Divine. In the turbulence of the raging storm Or the gentle lull of still waters When the excitement fades...
Winter Rest
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven”(Ecclesiastes 3:1, ESV). In 2020, as the world stood gripped in the throes of a pandemic, words poured out of me in prose and verse. Some days I couldn’t sleep for the imagery that danced...
From God
"I have good news and bad news". My heart sank even as I tried not to imagine the worst. The phrase "bad news" is not really what you want to hear from your mortgage broker when you're in the process of trying to secure a house. "The good news is that the finance...
Choosing Joy
The doctors said that full recovery would likely take six to 12 months and from that point onward, I counted off the days with eagerness. When nothing seemed to change by the 6-month mark, I comforted myself by looking forward to the 12-month mark. The timing seemed...