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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
"so..."
How big is that word - "so"?! I see Jesus, sweet and beautiful, and perfect in a world so degraded that they couldn't see the perfection! Living amongst us, and walking our lives to reveal the purest love ever known. And then purposefully moving ever closer to traumatic pain and anguish - knowing in advance what was coming! He was human. He felt as you and I would. He was overwhelmed to the point of sweating blood at the thought of what was coming! And he deserved none of it!
Where are Your Eyes?
I look at myself and I get so discouraged. I want so much to be like the beautiful heart that is Jesus, and yet I know so many times I am not. I know there is selfishness in me that rises up, over and over. You'd think, after all these years of being his, that being like him would get easier. Instead, I am aware, more and more, of how far short I am. The thing is, that's where Satan wants my eyes - on me. On my failures. It brings me down so that my heart shrinks away from my
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