The Name!

How important a name is! Parents carefully choose a name for their offspring; names are given to roads and streets often in honour of someone; and names are given to trophies and institutions to remember a person by. When the Diamond Books…

Confusion or Order

I know what I'd like! One is from God and one is not. How do we deal with these?. I easily panic and think that confusion can bring about more chaos or muddled communication but it is my thinking that has to change. The Bible clearly states…

The Love that will not let me go

Delays! delays! That's the story of my life at present, waiting for my dear husband's CT scan to be taken together with lots of things in the home going wrong and waiting to be mended. It has been a very challenging fortnight. Mike, my dear…

There’s a Hole in my Bucket!

I discovered a hole in my bucket yesterday. Circumstances were overwhelming and I chose to go with my feelings which at the best of times are not accurate in gauging the truth about a situation. For years, I kept falling through the hole…

Gracious, Graceful or Grateful?

Am I gracious or graceful or even grateful! When growing up, I remember I used to get so confused with so many similar sounding words e.g. consternation, constellation and constipation or flattery, factory and facsimile. Of course, I used to…

At a Glance!

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What do you see when you glance at the Bible? A dusty book, something that is irrelevant or an exciting adventure story? All can be true but it is only when we get to know the Author of this amazing book that we realise that it is a love letter…

Communication

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How well do you communicate? I'm not so hot face to face but on paper, I'm in my element. However, we need to communicate well verbally in order to have relationships with anyone. There are so many forms of communication these days, that…

Out of Order

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Have you been this way? Is your home like this? Does your life feel frenzidly (I think that's a new word as from now!) out of control? I've certainly been there! It doesn't feel good and is not at all honouring to God either. The book of…

How Do I Get Help?

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Where does my help come from? What is it like? How does it feel? Over Christmas, I have needed help. Old patterns of living emerged and then moods at times spiralled out of control. What did I do? I cried out to God. On one occasion immediately…

The Greatest Story Ever Retold

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So read the cover of the Daily Mail Christmas TV guide in the UK. They've certainly got that right! The animation of this happens on Christmas Eve on BBC 1 at 4 15pm for all the family. I read yesterday in the Bible that when the angel addressed…