new book arrival..

stuart blessed me with a new read.....it arrived this morning.........both my mum and sister are reading this book and i cant wait to get started....francine river's has such an anointing on her life to write.......her ability to draw you into the story and bring the characters to life is amazing......if you are looking for a new read....join me.....or if you have read it already let me know what you thought...without giving to much away :-)...

little boy in the wrong suit.....

yesterday i nipped to the restroom at a cafe and on approaching i heard a little boy crying and shouting...'help me.... help me...... i'm locked in'..while thumping on the door................heart strings tugged.....i quickly assured him i would get him out...i ran off to get a useful tool to unscrew the lock and free him...on the journey i found his mum who joined me on the rescue......when the door opened a little boy dressed in his full spiderman outfit was revealed .....he ran into his mums arms sobbing.still traumatized from his ordeal....satisfied my work was done.....i went on into the ladies and as i closed the door..i heard the sobbing fade and the little boy say...'mummy if i had been wearing my Darth Vader suit i could've got myself out'.........that sentence alone made me smile the rest of the day..............

God so loved the WORLD.....

picked this book of the shelf yesterday..didn't even know we owned it.......i haven't put it down yet......we all need to get clued up about the world we live in.....and the damage we are doing......and how we can bring effective change before its to late....

IJM.....

we also came across this ministry...IJM...

International Justice Mission is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to ensure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to promote functioning public justice systems.

these guys are doing some amazing things in the most difficult places and circumstances...check them out...

Brian Mclaren...

stuart and i were at Rehab the last couple of days ..which was the over 18's venue at Summer Madness...we sat in several seminars by Brian Mclaren.. loved what he had to say...and more than that ... loved how he said it...he is so humble and full of wisdom and grace....i was only sad when it came to an end as i felt there was so much more to learn from this guy........we desperatly need these 'Fathers' in the faith..........looking forward to the release of his new book in the next year or so..

the real thing??

last night we were driving home and i noticed this new billboard advertisement for Belfast Zoo........






when i saw it, out of my mouth came 'how sad....seeing the real thing is a lion thats lost his 'roar' behind bars .(note the word wild bottom left).. on our honeymoon we had the privilege of being on the Serengeti in Kenya seeing lions roam wild in their natural habitat..i have been spoiled ever since...seeing this stirred something deeper on the inside of me.....is this evidence of the culture we live in ..to choose the safe option instead of living adventurously....that we are happy to follow a tame Jesus that won't ask us to do anything that would take us out from the comfort of our caged lives? ...i am reminded of the C. S Lewis quote from Chroniciles of Narnia when Lucy is asking about Aslan.... ... "Then he isn't safe?" said Lucy. "Safe?" said Mr. Beaver. ... Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. ......