A collection of personal favourites – Page 6

September 27, 2013January 31, 2019

She held my face in her hands

My Nanna was pretty unique.

She’s been gone a good long while but I had cause to think of her today.

I went to help a friend with something this morning. It took a bit of time but the thing itself wasn’t a big deal to me because it was dealing with stuff I understood. For her though, she’d got into a muddle and a slump and couldn’t see her way through.
I felt like that recently when future SIL rescued me from a techno problem which had me ready to scream, but which was second nature to him. 🙂

September 2, 2013January 30, 2019

Adding to His voice

More than once I’d have heard Pastors/teachers speak about how when we believe we’ve heard something from God, we need to stick absolutely to the purity of what He said, but that we have a tendency to add.

March 28, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 1/8

Every night that I go outside, I find myself looking up at the moon and saying “Hullo Lord”. Not because I’m mistaking the moon for Him, or heading into some weird form of worship, but because the moon is a great reminder to me that He has set many ways to communicate with us, and in a sense the moon is one of those.

March 27, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 2/8

If you lived and worked in two different time zones, you would obviously need to keep track of the time in both places. The calendar we are used to is not the same as the calendar spoken of in the Bible. Because of this difference most of us are unaware of the days on which many recorded Biblical events happened, or the days on which God set His “appointed times” (moed).

March 26, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 3/8

Mary and Joseph were both from the tribe of Judah (2000ish BC). It also seems that they were both descended from King David (1000ish BC). Mary a descendant of King Solomon, and Joseph a descendant of another of David’s sons – Nathan. That means, all the kings of Israel/Judah were in Mary’s lineage. While Jesus was not Joseph’s blood son, he was Josephs lawful son, and was of royal blood any which way you looked at it.

March 21, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 4/8

FICTIONALISATION

“Nine nights since the temple shofars faintly sounded. Nine nights of counting. Nine nights of preparing, packing, remembering, walking.

March 20, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 5/8

FICTIONALISATION

“I hear His name on the breeze – Yeshua HaMashiach. Jesus our Messiah. I know you’ll be here somewhere.

March 16, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 6/8

The bitter herbs and wine are on the table. The lamb is resting. The other roast trimmings will be there too but tonight we remember the first and the last Passover. The last? Because Jesus fulfilled all the law. Tonight, and the coming week, is about honour and remembrance and learning and awe of how the law pointed toward Him, and all that He did.

March 5, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 7/8

Have you ever had a child in such peril
That the axis of your inner world tips sideways
Your eyes dilate till the light burns them
Your breathing comes in painful gasps…
And then the wrenching sobs that start

March 3, 2013February 1, 2019

Passover-Easter-Communion series 8/8

An online dictionary says an ‘object lesson’ is:
1. A concrete illustration of a moral or principle.
2. A lesson taught by using a material object.