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Mind Games
Long ago, I read a book called "The Practice of the the Presence of God" by Brother Lawrence. It changed my whole approach to my Christian life! Basically, it recommends becoming aware of the presence of God in every moment of your life, not just keeping it in its own little compartment. It's a great idea! But it can be difficult to do sometimes! Especially when your mind is focused on work skills and relationship dramas. My mind has a little game it plays on me, where music
Battle Grime
I have an angel statue in my garden. It's a replica of the one that guards my Dad's resting place. This one was the original, but it was chipped by the gardeners, so I brought it home and replaced it with a new one. I love the powerful protector sense it projects. This morning I came out to pray after it had been raining. The angel that began a beautiful white, was spattered all over with debris. It looked, even more, like it had been deep in battle on our behalf. And it remi
Unholy vs Holy
I've struggled with the harshness of God's response to Nadab and Abihu. It seems to clash with the deep compassion he shows as himself in Jesus. But I knew it had to still mesh somehow. So I began to search. Nadab and Abihu were the oldest sons of Aaron. They had been delegated the highest honour of ministering before God in the tabernacle on behalf of the Israelite people. They were pretty new at it! The roles had only recently been created. They were part of a system God ha
Because I said so...
When I was a child, there was a time when a discussion was settled and decided by my parents saying "Because I said so." It meant there was no more room for questioning. The parent had made a decision and it would not be changed. At the time it could feel unfair, like your position on the topic was overridden by theirs! Looking back though, from a parent's perspective, those decisions were made from a position of needing to protect those who were unable to understand the pote
New Wine
I read something this morning that triggered a thought I'd never quite had before! I love that! It was part of a collection of slides with quotes about moving forward with life, and not looking back - along with sweet cartoon pictures of a little person walking with Jesus. One of the tiles held the quote about wineskins. "And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour ne
His Creation...
I sit here in my beautiful garden, on a day that celebrates creation and the one who made it. Our little patch of paradise continues to be a place I am constantly amazed is ours. All I prayed for was a little pocket of garden I could sit with him in, and he answered with such a lavish gift! It turns my mind to what he has made, from the intricate beauties our eyes cannot see without magnification, to the explosion of colour and light that scatters across our universe, only vi
From their Perspective
I always try to take the stories from the bible, and put them into a modern context. To try and make them more real. To put the faces of humanity as I know them into those 2 dimensional stories, and round them out into something more relateable. Something I can connect to, rather than just words on a page. I was driving to work, when I began to think about Jesus. We are quick to condemn the religious people of the day for the way they did not see who he was - after all, they'
Lion and Lamb
There's a line that passed through my mind this morning - "the lion will lay down with the lamb." It's supposed to be an image of what it will be like when God recreates this world - how things we recognise at threats here, will no longer be that way. But I was surprised to find there is no such verse in the Bible! The actual verse is Isaiah 11:6 "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened
Loved and Whole
Help me to live from each moment, as though the past did not exist. Fresh and new and alive and whole in your love which completely satisfies. No regrets, no failures, no trauma to drag me down. Just you. Pure and beautiful. Filling me to overflowing with the love that you are. So that that is what touches those around me. ❤️ No photo credit
He Rests
The great battle ended with the words "It is finished." It looked like the end of the best thing that had ever happened to us. It looked like the end of hope. His limp body was carefully removed from the cross and carried as precious cargo by friends who loved him deeply. To a place of rest. He had earned it. He had fought with courage, and had not failed. His work was done. On Sabbath, the day of rest, he lay quietly and at peace. No photo credit
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