You are amazing. When I see you and realise what a difference you’ve made in my life, it is the reason why I have to say you are amazing. You give me a reason to live. You do this by example – showing me the life that you live and how I can live it […]
Read More Because Of YouThey told us that we were celebrating the crystal anniversary. Obviously that got me asking the question: What is a crystal? Meanwhile, what makes this anniversary particularly special is that this will be the only time we celebrate the year of our wedding on the date number. We thought about what we could do to […]
Read More Year Fifteen – What’s A Crystal?He heard my cry. A people had been subjected to decades of oppression. Their entire identity seemed to be defined by slavery of the harshest kind. It was as though no one was listening to them. But He was listening and He had not forgotten them. He saw their suffering and felt their pain and […]
Read More Year Seven – ReleaseHe suffered, bled and died. They saw it. They thought all hope was lost … But … There was victory in His death. For on the cross He took the sin of the world upon Himself so that peace could be made with the Father. It certainly did not look like victory to those mourning […]
Read More Alive and RisenThen Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46) They crucified Him. The run up to it was so unfair. Pilate couldn’t find anything wrong with Him. Herod didn’t see anything worthy of making a bid to charge him. It came down to a baying […]
Read More Dead and BuriedAmong other things that makes grace amazing is how it works in two ways. First it helps us when we fall and secondly it helps us to give us what we need to not fall in the first place. One of the expressions of this grace is to give us heartfelt experiences of others who […]
Read More When You Recover Help Others Recover“I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has.” (Luke 21:3-4) It doesn’t take much to realise what Jesus wants from those that follow Him. People are […]
Read More Give All You GotHe saw through their trickery and said, “Show me a Roman coin. Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. “Well then,” he said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” So they failed to trap him by what he said in front of the people. Instead, […]
Read More Silencing the SchemersAs the boss, he got the worst of it. Not that it bothered him that much, because as the boss, it also meant he got the most money from the gig. He may not have been popular, but he didn’t mind as the money rolled in. He worked for it, he played the game and […]
Read More What A ChangeAs Jesus approached Jericho, a blind beggar was sitting beside the road. When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening. They told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by. So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Luke 18:35-38) It’s one of the highlights of my week […]
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