“Even through the worst storm, even through the worst times in our lives, He’s right there, He’s close to us, He’s on our shoulder, warming us, comforting us. He’s never far away.” Driving Through The Storm
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…
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…
You’ll be able to see from the dates of these blogs that I have been writing on and off for a number of years. But I’ve only just made the website live. Why? For many years I have been plagued by two things stopping me. ‘Am I any good?’ And ‘isn’t creating a blog, publishing…
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…
In my last post (the rain is coming), I spoke about this amazing banquet God is preparing and that we need to keep hungry. I want to elaborate on that a bit. If I’m completely honest, my hunger comes and goes. Sometimes I feel like I am burning with such a hunger for God I…
Over the last few months our church has been experiencing new depths of the presence of God. I’ve usually been out with the kids rather than in the meeting, but I’ve still had more remarkable encounters with Jesus over this time than I have had in many years. From belly aching tears in the intimacy…
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…
God often speaks to me, encourages and challenges me through nature and day to day life. This morning was no exception. Whilst walking the dog before work my eye was drawn to a small patch of harebell in the middle of a field. The field had been left to the whim of the long grass,…
Earlier today I walked into the living room to find my daughter and her friend had taken all the cushions off the sofas and, together with a gym mat, were using them to create and try out a variety of gymnastics stunts. My son and his friend were doing somersaults on the trampoline in the…
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…
A little while ago I read an article criticising what it described as the ‘current trend’ to use ‘clichéd, exaggerated’ adjectives such as ‘awesome’, and ‘amazing.’ I use these words quite a lot and for a little while after reading the article I started to become quite self-conscious about it. I mean, I was using…
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