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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.
Continue reading “Passover-Easter-Communion series 6/8”
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
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.
When it’s not asked for and not given.
When it is asked for and not given.
When it’s not asked for and IS given.
When it’s asked for and given.
All are possible, some more likely, the asking and the giving can be longed for by the other, though none willing to take the first step.
I have been a bit ‘stuck’ on the topic of prayer for a while. A few months ago at church I became a bit un-stuck. As in, no longer stationary as WELL as a bit unglued emotionally.
Continue reading “Emptying prayers”
In my life I’ve been surrounded by wonderful older women who I have watched shamelessly to see the what, when, how and why of the way they deal with family and life in general. Some of these things are almost incidental when they happen, but they shape our lives.
Continue reading “Shaping moments”
When I got lost, He reminded me of His love for me, so I came back. He allowed me to miss Him. To know the loss. And because He is safe, I came back.
Continue reading “Coming home”
My mum and dad are my life heroes for a great many reasons and marriage I think, pretty much tops the list. They have been my measure in so many ways. As far as marriage goes, if I can’t imagine them being something, saying something or doing something, it simply doesn’t belong. I have rarely seen the same levels of respect and gentleness and regard for the good of the other. They treat each other like valentines every day.
(This has been a VSP – very short post 🙂 )
Mysteries and mysterious misunderstandings. I do not like them much. At all. Except when they are solved. And they aren’t always.
In a household of 9 we’ve had 36 pairs of relationship in these walls. That’s a lot of interaction and a lot of scope for mysteries and misunderstandings.
For a while we had 10 living here. That makes 45 pairs of relationships. Now we are 7 at home but 2 family partners and 2 grand babies makes the current count of 13 family – 78 pairs of relationships!!!
Add in friends, school, teachers, extended family, etc etc and the extended scope for mysteries multiplies beyond measure!
Yesterday we had 3 mysterious misunderstandings (that I know of). This morning, two and a half of them are solved.
Not too bad in the grand scheme of things!
Five years ago a tiny boy was born. Though I’m his Granma not his Mum, his life to mine has been like the BC/AD division of history. There was life Before Elijah and now After Elijah. All my previous beliefs, attitudes and assumptions (bar 3 Rock Solid Knowings) were thrown up in the air, each examined and measured under Light, one at a time. Some ditched completely. Many placed carefully and permanently back where they belonged. And still others added over time building on what is sure.
I remember him every day and I’m grateful.
I remember his parents every day and I still sorrow.
And every day I remember the God who loves him more and longs to provide the reunion.