Do any of you remember what it was like to get a letter from the one you loved whilst they were away? How you would read it over and over again, and carry it with you everywhere to remind you of the reality of their love for you and that your separation was just temporary. After a while you didn't have to read it anymore because you knew it by heart, but still you kept it with you. Then your loved one would return and there would be no need to read the letters as you had that special person right with you.
God loves you more than any sweetheart ever could and He wants you to be reminded of how much He loves you all the time and He wants you to remember that, although we are separated for now, He is always with us and one day we will stand in His glorious presence. So He put together a whole book filled with His love. Have you spent even a fraction of the time reading His book of love to you as what you spent on those letters?
Don't think of reading your Bible as a chore, rather approach it as you did those love letters but with the knowledge that God can and will speak to you through His Word. He uses it to guide you, comfort you, teach you, provide hope and all the other things that we need to live our lives and to bring Him glory until we can see Him face to face for eternity.
Doing Life - God's Way (I hope!)
Sunday, November 30, 2014
God's Love Letter to you
Monday, November 3, 2014
My silence
For the last year I have been battling to write. The primary reason for this difficulty has been you, my readers. The number of people reading this blog has grown and spread to all countries around the globe. This has absolutely terrified me as I realised that whatever I say has an impact, whether positive or negative, on my reader. So I went in to hiding, hoping to hear from God and to regain my old confidence, but He has been silent for a very long time. I have occasionally had the desire to put some thoughts down but never got further than thinking about it. God has shown me, however, that the reason for this is that I was starting to write for recognition and not for Him. So please forgive me for the silence which I hope has now been broken as I serve my God through the gift that He has given me. I thank you all for your support over the years and would love to hear from you. May God bless you.
Friday, August 30, 2013
Armchair voyager .... Homefront warrior!
The other thing that has happened is a desire to travel has been stirred up within me. I too want to record these beautiful places and share them with others. I have never before longed to roam around the world and, quite honestly, I am getting a tad too old and I am definitely too broke to travel, so I have had to wonder what God is really stirring in me? Am I going to be sent in some new direction? Has God got some way in which He can use me or my passion for His glory and to advance His Kingdom? I don't know really. All I can do is trust and listen for His promptings. In the meantime it is important that, from where I am, I continue to do His works. That I continue to reach out to those who do not know Him and let them see Him in me and spread His message of love and redemption through Jesus Christ.
Perhaps I will travel one day, perhaps not. Either way my main thing is to keep my eyes fixed on Jesus, to walk wherever He leads me and to do whatever tasks He gives me right here, in my own backyard!
God bless you all