Category: Encouragement

  • Don’t waste time in the waiting…

    Don’t waste time in the waiting…

    This was the encouragement I received from the Lord this morning, but not just me I think, I also believe it may be an encouragement for others too. Don’t waste time in the waiting..this applies not only in our living daily as followers of Jesus but in our church communities. What are we waiting for?…

  • Leaving traces….

    Leaving traces….

    Hello friends. It has been a busy week… a family birthday, my wedding anniversary…work deadlines to meet- so I hope you don’t mind a Friday re-post as we head into the weekend. I enjoyed writing this post last year at this time and hope you enjoy reading it..either for the first time or even once…

  • Dead or alive..

    Dead or alive..

    I don’t know about you but sometimes, I get discouraged. I can’t see any good fruit in aspects of my life but then God reminds me of the deep work that he’s doing in Me. That the Spirit of God lives in me and I am made alive in Jesus Christ, but some of the…

  • Letting go…

    Letting go…

    I’ve found that is been hard to let go as a parent. I know it needs to be done. It’s the natural rhythm of life – to let them find their own way as adults and do their own thing without (too much) interfering. It’s hard though. To trust that our Father in Heaven is…

  • 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…