Category: Encouragement

  • Seeing but not seeing..

    Seeing but not seeing..

    They say familiarity breeds contempt. We see what we often expect to see, rather than what is actually there, especially in familiar environments. My husband will often say to me “noticed anything different”? That’s a statement that always brings a certain amount of blind panic to me. There’s obviously been a change which I’ve missed.…

  • Let God Arise;

    Let God Arise;

    This is my prayer taken from Psalm 68 for you today. You may be in a desperate situation, feeling oppressed, depressed and stressed by life. If that is you then I pray that God will arise to you today and you will find renewed strength and hope as you wait on the Lord and magnify…

  • Bill’s story – Lessons from my Father

    Bill’s story – Lessons from my Father

    As it is Father’s Day here in the UK then I want to re-post this post to honour my Dad, William or Bill as he was usually called, and tell you about him. Dad was born in Edinburgh in 1933 and lived in Leith for his early years. He did various trades from an apprentice…

  • The New Thing…

    The New Thing…

    First of all can I say that this is not a post against new things of God. I have posted before about being led into new seasons and opportunities and I pray that I am always open and soft hearted to the Holy Spirit’s leading into the new. God’s ways are so much higher than…

  • The answer to the question is?….

    The answer to the question is?….

    “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?” Jeremiah 12.5 Have you ever asked a question and the answer…

  • A 9th Hour Experience..

    A 9th Hour Experience..

    “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Matthew 27.46 NKJV In the Christian life, as in life, I think most, if not all of us, have had or will have a painful 9th hour experience.…

  • A refreshing break..

    A refreshing break..

    Good morning readers and fellow bloggers. I don’t know if you missed me but I’ve been away the last 10 days on holiday. We took our little camper van which is tiny but cosy and lots of fun on a road trip. It’s a 20 year old Japanese import which has been converted with a…