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Christmas Wonder
There is a lot of "magic" about Christmas. The twinkling lights and colourful displays that open our children's eyes wide with wonder! The whispers of a jolly and generous giver who travels the world at tremendous speed delivering gifts to children all over the world! Reindeer who fly!! And eat carrots left out for them!! We hang pretty baubles on trees strung with lights!! Sing songs of joy and hope and family love!! We sing and we party and family comes home!! We share deli
Stick Man
Just finished watching "Stick Man" with my grand babies. It's a story by Julia Donaldson about a stick man who became separated from his stick family by so many people and animals with uses for that "stick". He wanders, lost and alone, through dramas and adventures, all the while longing and trying to find his way home. Mid way through the video, my little two year old became very sad for him and began to cry. I pulled her on to my lap and said - "It's ok. He'll find a way ho
The Final Outcome!
This beautiful picture - the final outcome of the Christmas story... (Revelation 21:1-5) Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with
The Little "Rocks"
There is a story about a rock and shifting sands. They are both foundations for the building of a home. They represent what we choose to build our lives on. One is rock-solid, no matter what life throws at it. The other is slave to the elements. I've often thought that the sand represents the not-so-great pursuits in life - wealth, status, success (whatever that may be), excessive fitness goals, indulgent living. But God whispered a thought to me this morning. Each tiny grain
Why, God?
We pray for healing. It hurts us to see our loved ones in pain. So we pray for their story to change. We pray for that new job for them - so they can be financially secure. We pray for him to provide for our needs here. And all of the time, we are praying for what seems big to us, because these things loom large in front of our faces! God hears. And God sees. He feels our pain. He wants to give us every good thing! So we can live life to the full!! But he also sees more. We p
A Day to Honour...
It is Sabbath. A day to honour the one who made all creation, including us! To notice all its beauty and be filled with gratitude for each one, meant as a gift to us. And recognise his role as sustainer of it all. It's a day to honour the one who poured himself out to give us back the life he intended for us! And to honour the one who will one day walk us into the promised land!! As our champion and King. To honour the one who has done it all!! Out of the purest love that he
Mocking Truth
As Jesus hung dying on the cross, the high and mighty in the crowd spewed out their mockery. "He saved others. Himself he cannot save." Matthew 27:42 Truer than they knew. He could not save himself if he wanted to save us. He had to go through death itself, to break us free from it. They were mocking him. But it was truth. (No photo credit)
Choose Life!!
I watched a movie many years ago, called The Matrix. It made you question everything that you thought was reality. People lived normal, everyday lives - with careers, coffee shops, families and friendships. Life was good! Everyone was pretty content! Until you took a pill which released you from the fairytale, and made you aware of the ugliness that was being hidden from you - that was real life. I feel like we're all kind of stuck in that a bit! Especially in our perfect lit
That Treasure!
There is a pearl, of great price. More beautiful than has ever been seen. Worth giving up everything for. A treasure, hidden in a field. Not open to the casual eye! Buried in the commonness of life. Something you must dig for in order to find! Like the largest gold nugget anyone has ever found! It is singularly rare! Something to take your breath away at its beauty. But it remains hidden unless you seek it out. That was how Jesus described his kingdom. A life established on t
Forever Scars
I think of those young men left lying in the poppy fields. Young men with dreams that would never arrive. With hearts that longed for home and loved ones, never again to find fullness. What an awful thing is war. Even those who returned, came home with scars that would never heal. Scars that left gaping holes between their reality and that of the ones they returned to. War brings horrors that no one should have to experience. Traumas that those of us who have never faced, wil
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