Sometimes book titles really take my fancy. Like
“Hugs, by Someoneorother Loveless”.
And there are certain book titles that are a complete message in themselves.
Several that have impacted me have been:
Book titles
Bridges
What Jesus effectively did was build a bridge, cross it, and stand close enough to enable us to respond. He did whatever was in His power to do that.
Continue reading “Bridges”It’s OK Mum – you’re growing up too
Once upon a time a little girl was learning to draw. She drew masterpieces though the animals looked like scribble and she pressed holes through her paper. Her mother would say “that’s wonderful darling! Let’s do some more tomorrow!”
Continue reading “It’s OK Mum – you’re growing up too”Revealed
Snapshots of Mum
For Mothers Day
Mum and Dad have always been busy – but if you need them they somehow will be
AVAILABLE
Regarding questions
Questions that LEAD to the pursuit of truth are true questions. Questions that deconstruct truth are a repetition of those of the serpent “Is that what God reeeally said?” I have been guilty of this. It feels ‘deep’ to think something ‘new’ yet truth is truth and the serpent is cunning and if he can, he will blind us with his own form of ‘light’.
(This was a VSP – very short post 🙂 )
To judge or not to judge?
It’s not such a simple question!
A number of years ago I did a book display at a super ‘conservative’ Christian rally. I’d recently spent a number of years prior to that in a Pentecostal church but I’d attended the same rallies by the same conservative group as a small child with my parents. I stood there awash in The Fathers love and a sense of His presence and joy with the memory of being a toddler in that very auditorium and I knew the same joy I felt in the Pentecostal style worship was because it was the same Holy Spirit who was in each place. Neither set of beliefs governing style had everything right, but the Holy Spirit, by God’s grace, was present in both. He was there when I was a toddler in that auditorium, He was there in the Pentecostal church and He was there again that night.
Continue reading “To judge or not to judge?”Modern idols
When a passion becomes more to me than the God who gave it
– it is an idol.
When an interest control me rather than the God who indwells me
– it is an idol
When the good I seek to do surpasses my relationship with Him
– it is an idol
Go-getter!
It’s 9am. Miss 3 is knocking on the door of her sleeping sister shouting “C’mon!! The sky is awake!!!”
VSP 🙂
Beloved daughter
Every now and then, one of those ‘letters from God’ does the email rounds… I always feel a bit reserved/dubious about them so about 10 years ago I did a bunch of searching through the Scriptures and put together this one…
Continue reading “Beloved daughter”