Benefit
“No matter how impossible it looks right now, we win. Jesus wins. This is a benefit of being His. “
He said No
“It has always seemed to me that the Christian walk is one of saying ‘no’. In saying ‘yes’ to God, we have to decline so many things. In deciding to follow Jesus, we have to continuously turn away from the (many) things that appeal to our flesh. The cost of saying yes to these things is not always obvious”
Harmony
“I haven’t always walked confidently in this gift of expressing my thoughts and inspiration in poetry and articles. For a long time, I d”Creation shows forth God’s handiwork each new day. Trees “sing”, fire, wind, mountains, in fact, “all the earth” praise the Lord. A chorus declaring his eternal power, wisdom and glory. “idn’t even consider it a gift, it was just something I did”
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,...
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...
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...