Tag: change
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Thermometer or Thermostat?
When we were away at our church weekend we were reminded that as Christians we can choose to be thermometers or thermostats. So we know a thermometer takes the temperature but it can’t alter the temperature. It just tells it as it is. There are plenty of us that can have an opinion on situations…
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Woman Interrupted…
So my normal pattern of blogging, if I have one to be honest as it usually is quite random, has been interrupted of late. Some of you may have noticed that I have not posted for a couple of weeks. I’ve also not been able to catch up with my fellow bloggers and read much…
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Taking Stock
Today, I attended for the first time a breakfast meeting with Christians from all over our region of the Black Country in the West Midlands organised by “Love Black Country”. For those who may not be familiar with the Black Country it is an area outside of Birmingham which takes in the four boroughs of…
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Stir(red) hearts
Do you experience times when you read something in the bible and it’s like “wow, I never thought much about that before”. I had one of those moments today. I was reading in the Old Testament about the time the Jewish Exiles were allowed to return to Jerusalem and their homes after spending 70 years…
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An atmosphere changer…
My friend Mary shared a story with our prayer group the other day about being an atmosphere changer. Mary lives at home alone and during the afternoon she had gone into her bedroom and found it was freezing, freezing cold. A really Icy cold. She couldn’t work out why as the heating was on in…