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Mind the step
So…. I fell off a ladder at the weekend. Don’t worry — I’m fine. A little bruised (okay, very bruised), but nothing broken. Still, it got me thinking. I missed a step. Unfortunately for my bruised body, it was the first step at the top of the ladder rather than the last step at the…
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Stop, Look, Listen
One Sunday morning towards the end of 2023, I had the luxury of going for a walk before attending a Church I was visiting. Just me, God, a family of swans, and the occasional friendly passer-by. I’d only meant to pop out for coffee, but as I began my caffeine quest, I found myself at…
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God doesn’t hit delete
Do you ever feel like you’ve messed up? That you’ve blown it, big time? Maybe something happened a long time ago, but the guilt or shame still hangs around. Perhaps you’ve convinced yourself you’re disqualified from the life you really want because you don’t feel worthy of it, or that you’re just not good enough.…
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Extravagant power
Meet King Xerxes. We find him at the beginning of the book of Esther where we learn he rules 127 provinces, a massive empire considered by historians today as the most powerful of the ancient powers. It is estimated it included more than 2.9 million square miles of land spanning Asia, Africa and Europe, from…
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Beautiful
When you look at your reflection in the mirror, do you think you are beautiful? Sometimes I think I look ‘ok’, and often I don’t. Very, very occasionally I think I am almost pretty! And some days I won’t even look at all! But… God says I am beautiful. Not when I’ve got loads of…
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Clothed in TRUTH
As we started this new year, I reflected on what God might have in store for 2024, when he reminded me of something Jesus said in John 10:10 – “I have come that they might have life. And have it abundantly.” I don’t know whether you think about your hopes, dreams and prayers for the…
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Birth that lasts a lifetime
A couple of months ago, as I waived my eldest daughter off to her first day of her first full time, graduate job, a number of thoughts buzzed through my mind. Firstly, how proud I was of this beautiful, intelligent, creative, hard-working and resilient young lady who had got through so many challenges and was…
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Lockdown reality and overdue hugs xx
This weekend I had my first hug with a grown up in three months. This weekend I sunk into my mother’s arms and cried. In many ways I am more fortunate than many, falling within the group given permission by Boris Johnson to ‘bubble’ with another family by virtue of my single parent status. I…
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Driving through the storm
A couple of weeks ago as I was driving home there was a very sudden and almighty downpour. I found myself driving in a horrific storm. Raindrops the size of tennis balls were battering my windscreen, gloomy dark clouds were overhead and visibility was really poor as the rain pelted down ferociously, extremely hard, really…
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