booze and bibles..............

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beauty is in the eye of the beholder............

such a beautiful day today...i had expected rain...but instead had sunshine......we took our lovely wee dog to our favourite beach to gallop chasing her favourite object....her beloved tennis ball..........my brother happened to be in the area and he and his wife and my nephew all joined us....with ice cream cones and a ball game....which i feel the boys took far to seriously........it was so refreshing.....i love open spaces...............the beach is one of my favourite places...where i can exhale.. connect with God and feel refreshed......i asked my four year old nephew to find me something beautiful on the beach for me to keep...i had in mind something sparkly or a pretty shell or stone....he took the challenge and set off...within moments of 'searching'.....he came running hand outstretched holding discovered treasure for me ........a big black stone covered in sand........beauty really is in the eye of the beholder..i guess to find real treasure you have to be prepared to 'really' search....anyway i said thank you and dusted it off and placed it in my pocket...which i am sure i will rediscover in a couple weeks time.........

smile......

today as i was walking to work....rushing along under the weight of my bag and all the things i was trying to juggle.......an old lady was making her way along the street towards me...she was bent in two and slowly shuffling along with the aid of a stick..... when i came level with her......she lifted her head and greeted me with the biggest SMILE ever.......and said 'good morning'........well....she may aswell of handed me a big bar of chocolate...cause it lifted my spirt and made me grin all the way down the street to the front door of my work..........and throughout the day it has come back to memory and blessed me........that lady had every excuse to complain....as every step she took was such an effort...but yet she was enjoying her journey and taking time to look up.............it really challenged me.....take time to look up.....no matter how much a struggle your day is.........you could miss a blessing..........

face to face..............

what did we do for communication before, blogging, facebook, twitter..texting........the list goes on and on.......it makes me laugh...these days i don't seem to be able to resist a new form of communication....i hope i don't lose the ability to actually just sit across from someone .....making eye contact..... and sharing hearts......what do you think? ...i wonder do these new ways allow us to keep making our lives busier and busier cause we can do a quick tweet or update our blog in an attempt to build relationships and connect with others......as much as i enjoy all these new forms of expression that are ever shrinking the world ...i can't help shake the thought..'what is it going to look like for humanity in 50 years time'........will we become a people shut of from reality ......reaching out for contact through the good old www..... all the while desperately craving human contact instead of a blank screen....but unable to remember how ......i think we need to make sure we work hard to remain face to face as we get drawn deeper into this ever growing virtual world......

are you ready to be you?.......

stuart and i are speaking at a church weekend away and as you may have seen from stuarts blog the subject is 'Identity'.......and it really struck me tonight while preparing just how much God has healed me in this area.........i can honestly say i like being me...i have grown to accept who God made me to be...when i now look in the mirror i see myself.....not lots of flaws and hang ups i used to see..............as i have faced up over the last few years to my weaknesses in bare honesty before God and begun to really allow Him to bring truth and healing to the very core of me.....learning to live trusting Him instead of hiding behind all my deeply embedded coping mechanisms the fruit has been...i have learnt to except me.......God's question to us is.......are you ready to be you?......