Rooted in your love. It’s the way they will distinguish us from anyone else. It’s how they’ll identify you as the source of who we are. It’s how we are distinct from everyone else. We are not moved by sentimentality. We are not swayed by financial profit. Our assessments are not run on rational arguments […]
Read More Waiting for You: A Prayerful ReflectionThe change is going to happen. Change is inevitable and comes in a variety of ways. That’s why it’s good to be clear on what kind of change you look for and then see if it’s worth persisting in hope and patience for that change to take place. The follower of Jesus Christ has a […]
Read More Prayer for Change – The Persevering ChurchThere is a suggestion that all good things come to those who wait. I can see where that sentiment comes from. I recall the patient endurance my Dad had with his allotment. Hours, days, weeks and months spent cultivating that patch of land. Understanding the soil, noting the changing seasons, deducing the best times to […]
Read More Those Who Bide Their TimeThey interrupt from time to time asking about what’s going to happen and why what’s happening now is happening. They pester and ponder investing lots of time into matters that are not worth their energy. Like all good stories it is much better to go through the story until its conclusion. You gotta let the […]
Read More Worth Reading To The EndThere’s a lot going on with him. He doesn’t say much when challenged about it, but it’s clear that there’s a lot going on with him. though he may bottle it all within. It is seen a little in his desire to fit in and feel like he belongs. His disruptive behaviour has brought some […]
Read More Patience, Conforming and ReconditioningMy Mum made ace shepherd’s pie. A large baking tray would come out of the oven layered with a smouldering mass of the stuff. I would look at it and my eyes would widen at the sight. Mouth salivating at the thought of consuming it all. Of course what I forgot was that this was […]
Read More You Won’t Get It All In One GoThere are certain phrases that make me chuckle. One of them that I heard being referred to is don’t get ahead of yourself It was something I heard whenever I got excited about something that I was going to do, or something I was going to get that I really wanted. Typically my Mum would […]
Read More Don’t Get Ahead Of YourselfThere is urgency, but there’s no rush. It’s important and exactly because it’s important this is why hurrying on the matter would be counterproductive. Often it doesn’t seem as though anything is happening and when that is the case over a period of time the feeling of frustration can settle in. Then that frustration can […]
Read More About Watching and WaitingThere is a reason why patience is needed. If you get it too early you will spoil it. If you get it too late you will miss it at its best. The timing is crucial. There is the context. If you get it in that place, the area won’t appreciate the blessing. Whereas if you […]
Read More Environment for the CallThere are some in football who feel that the best way to attack is to get the ball up the pitch as quickly as possible. It does not take the opposition long to work this out and to counter it, they will ensure that there are men in the right position to thwart efforts at […]
Read More Year Twelve – Going Back, Going Forward
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