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‘let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it’ Matthew 16:24-25 Writing is the place where I work things through in my mind where I grapple with life, attempt to understand theContinue reading “The call of the wilderness”

‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day – and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for hisContinue reading “Rest In Peace”

‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’ Matthew 5:3 I was contemplating this verse for my quiet time this morning.  If you’ve heard teaching on this in the past you will know that being poor in spirit is the person who is humble in light of knowing they areContinue reading “Blessed are……”

‘Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ’ Phil 2:1 How was your week?  Did you find looking into your own mirror of sin too hard? Did you have any instances of relief by putting others first? It’s so hard living in the contradiction of sin as a Christian.  We know thatContinue reading “Whose life is it anyway?”

‘Do nothing out of selfish ambition and vain conceit’ Philippians 2:3 I don’t know if you’re old enough, but I remember a song by Carly Simon called ‘You’re so vain’ all about a broken relationship stemming from a guy thinking the world revolved around him.  It has a really catchy melody and I often catchContinue reading “The mirror of vanity”

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see Hebrews 11:1 (niv) What do you put your hope in?   I was faced with this question this morning as I walked to collect my Granddaughter to take her to school. If anyone had asked me this question IContinue reading “Hope eternal”

No-one likes appearing as a fool do they?  As a child, I remember most of the pictures of fools were court jesters with their funny pointy hats and bells jingling whenever they bounced around.  I don’t know what comes to mind when you think of a person being ‘a fool’? In our teenage years somethingContinue reading “The foolishness of mankind”

Genesis 1:26 The God said ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground’. niv Suffering is a strangeContinue reading “What were you expecting?”

I sit here looking out on my garden with joy as I see the glorious line of daffodils across my garden wall interspersed with pansies.  I remember planting these last year with the hope of seeing a flush of colour along a boring wall and now I have the benefit of that moment of labour.Continue reading “Growing in Christ”

How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing.” Matthew 23:37 (niv). Here we are on Mothering Sunday giving thanks to Mum’s. Grandma’s, Aunts, Godmothers, all woman who play a significant role in the lives of others. As with my birthday, todayContinue reading “A Mother’s love”