he began to make it beautiful.......

last night as i was talking at one of our youth groups..God reminded me of a moment in my life..when He broke through the silence...and changed my life forever........people can try to use intellectual arguments to try proving God does not exist....some even spend their whole lives trying .......but no one .....no matter who they are can ever rob me of my personal experience with a living God who heard my cry many years ago and broke into my mess and began to make it beautiful..........i got quite emotional as i recounted that moment..cause it is as real to me today as it was then..........that was the first of many....i worship and serve a God who hears me and ...........responds........

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i love days when the sky is bright blue....but its cold enough to see your breath.....

water of a ducks back........

today i feel the need to sit still and exhale....i definitely am aware of being in the refiners fire the last week or so..its like suddenly the thermostat has been turned up a few notches...and all the little things that really get on my nerves..are suddenly rolled into a relentless onslaught....Lord help me stay sweet...and also learn to count to ten....and also.... to let things go...like water of a ducks back......its the reminder that i am a work in progress........

happy birhday lynnie.......

today was fun...we headed up the north coast to spend the day with my sister and her family for her birthday.....happy birthday Lynnie.......we spent some quality time shopping..as only two sisters can...with our hubbies nervously receiving random phone calls to hear about our purchases...and then coming to collect us wondering how many bags we would each be carrying.........followed by dinner out at our favourite restaurant..and a few rounds of happy birthday thrown in for good measure......


PS Stuart collected his new camera he ordered and lets just say Jude and i are seeing lots of white spots as we are being 'shot' from every angle.......its like we are famous for a day :-)...i am sure the novelty with wear off soon enough......i hope...

autumn days....

i love being out for walks on crisp bright autumn days....it clears away the cobwebs...










our local duck pond.......one of our fav spots to walk.....

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sitting in front of my open fire...while its cold and wet outside......and knowing i can stay in for the night...........so cosy.....

who are our friends....................

'The problem isn’t that Christians don’t care about the poor, it’s that they don’t know the poor.'
shane claiborne

since i heard this a few weeks ago, it keeps coming back to me as a regular challenge...these days it seems to me that it has almost become a fashion accessory to care about the poor or should i say to be seen to care...sometimes i ask myself am i part of this cause i really care.... or because i should care ...or because it looks good to care.....how many of the poor are my friends and know me by name and where i live?.............. maybe in this question lies my answer...

i want to be sure i don't want to only follow the latest trend but follow Him in action instead.........

“See that justice is done, let mercy be your first concern” (Micah 6:8)