In this series, I’ll be going through Mark with you and sharing some things I’ve been learning from God as I’ve been pondering this book. Please read along with me! Mark 1: The desert place Mark 1 starts “in the desert place.” Many of you will probably know the song “Blessed be your name”, and the phrase “Blessed be your name when I’m found in … Continue reading In the desert place – Mark 1:1-8
Read the Bible every day. Know the truth that sets you free. Breathing is vital, and so reading is vital too. It’s God’s love letter to you, so take your time for it. Like you would if you had a treasured letter from a fiancé(e), reread it over and over again. Let the words sink in. If you can make time for Netflix, but can’t … Continue reading Read the Bible
When I was twenty I got rheumatoid arthritis, or actually, a variant of it. It is not quite rheumatoid arthritis, but it is similar. Because peripheral spondyloarthritis is not a term everyone uses, I refer to it as rheumatoid arthritis. The disease is basically similar: joints get infected because of what doctors believe is a faulty immune response. The body attacks itself. My knee started … Continue reading A different (or greater) miracle
Make me strong and steady like a tree Standing still, secure and certain With roots that reach in rich brown earth And leaves that are the sun’s sweet curtain To shade the weak and strengthen the strong And make all feel that they belong Make me strong and steady like a tree Rid me of my feeble me And make me firm to rest on … Continue reading Tree
The best prayer, I think, is “Show me your glory.” It was Moses’ great desire. It changes us irrevocably. Getting to know God and seeing His majesty and splendour, even if it’s through meditating on the Bible and imagining it more than actually seeing it, is addicting. As we pray, we experience God spiritually, and this fills and satisfies the soul with joy. It is … Continue reading The best prayer
There may be more to do but I won’t keep running on like a train on tracks that never end, puffing, puffing on. There may be more to do but for now I quit, will watch some series that I like and rest up for a bit. There may be more to do. There’s always more you see and if I never stop … Continue reading rest
For a short while now, I’ve been taking driving lessons. Those who know me may understand that this was a scary step for me to take. I have long wondered and worried about whether I should start, because the idea of driving a car was scary to me. However, I am blessed with a very good instructor. Yesterday I read the contract for the lessons, … Continue reading Trusting with your life
“For God has consigned all to disobedience, that He may have mercy on all. Oh the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways!” – Romans 11:32-33 Wow, this verse speaks to me. God has allowed all to be bound by sin so He may have mercy on all. God loves giving, and … Continue reading God’s infinite generosity
I often think when I am helping with something that is for God’s kingdom, that it is all up to me. This comes down to a lack of trust really. God is calling us to trust Him: not our plans, our strategies, our efforts. He doesn’t really need us. But He chooses to use us, and He can fill us with His Holy Spirit. He … Continue reading God’s work
“Make me an instrument of peace”. That’s how one of my favourite songs, a prayer by St Francis starts. Why does it appeal to me? Because I am often a person who sways to and fro like a bruised reed in the wind, restless. People have spoken into my life by the Spirit and told me God wanted to put me in a place of … Continue reading Rest
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