Christmas Buildup

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Christmas hype can start in August (in the UK) but the real problems begin when shops target their wares subtly. All the advertising with billboards, TV advertisements, leaflets and folk showing their products can be in one's face but at least…

What to do when we can’t get our own way!

Welcome to the human race! How we all have the capacity to insist on our own way. Some of us, myself included, struggle daily with keeping a good attitude in the midst of making choices when it involves my own will and way. How amazing that…

Congratulations!

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Congratulations to all you parents who are doing the most important job of all. It might not seem very glamorous or feel very wonderful but the day to day work that you do is amazingly valuable. We were active parents for nearly 5 years to…

Good News

We all love a good story. Sometimes we can get jealous of other people's success or can fail to join in with celebrations of others.  However, we can all enjoy good news. The best good news I know is of Jesus Christ coming to our planet…

Trust

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How can we trust people? How do we trust God? There is no easy answer but to do it anyway! (Eating is in the doing!) The wonderful thing about God is that he can be trusted as he has a proven track record.  He spoke through men (and women)…

7 Reasons for Creation

There are hundreds of reasons to prove that the creation around us is made by God. Here are a few of them: 1     The intricate detail of each unique creation whether it be animal, fish, bird or human being points to a God who made each…

Stumbling

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Have you ever stumbled in the dark? It's quite scary and gets us out of balance and we perceive strange things sometimes yet when, as Christians, we stumble it can be quite different. God is the master picker up of us. It's not a problem…

Be still and know

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I'm blessed with this comforting verse from Psalm 46:10 of the Bible. The New Century version says: "Be quiet and know that I am God. I will be supreme over the nations; I will be supreme in the earth." It's jolly hard to be still and quiet…

Brevity of Life

Oh to number our days and not waste a single one is what we are encouraged to do in the Bible. Somehow, as one gets older, the days are more precious even though they can easily be squandered.  However, as our days are so our strength can become…

Plans

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"We make our plans but God has the final word." (Proverbs) I wouldn't want it any other way.  When we've done our best at planning a situation, somehow God always supersedes it with a much better plan.  Am aware that our minds are the battleground…