Tag: Faith

  • Faith for the Race

    Some days are better than others aren’t they. We encounter set backs and discouragement sets in. We feel like not a lot has been achieved or we don’t see growth as fast as we want. It takes time though for green shoots and fruit to appear or re-appear especially in some seasons of our life.…

  • The Narrow Gate

    We are away in the Derbyshire Dales at the moment and the countryside is beautiful. We visited last year and I was inspired by their narrow gates to write this post. So, to get to the inspiration for this post..the narrow gate. On our first evening here, we ventured for a walk and discovered the…

  • Gates- The Horse Gate

    The next gate in this series of posts about the gates which Nehemiah rebuilt is the Horse Gate. This gate speaks of battles and as Christians we must not forget that we are in a spiritual battle.  There will be battles. We have an enemy, Satan, who doesn’t want us to follow Christ or mature spiritually and…

  • Gates -The Valley Gate

    Nehemiah re-built The Valley Gate.       This is a difficult gate and one that we don’t much want to go through- the valley experiences.    We would all much prefer to stay on the mountain top and enjoy those experiences with God but life for most of us is not like that – even the…

  • By Invitation Only

    My dear children – you are all children in my sight, dear and beloved to me. How my heart aches for you. How my heart longs to take you in my arms and remove the burdens you are carrying.   I am here – just waiting for you. Waiting to lift you up in my…

  • I will leave a light on

    I will leave a light on

    I was reminded of this post today so decided to re-post #thursdaythrowback Last night my two daughters went into the City to meet friends and go out. It was going to be a late night so they were either going to stay out at friends or get the night bus home. As was usual my…

  • Joseph – Hero of the Faith (4)

    Today we consider Joseph’s character and what it was about Joseph which made him different from his brothers and a man after God’s heart. Joseph was an example of long suffering and patience. It was 20/22 long years until the fulfillment of the prophetic dreams which God gave to Joseph. What must Joseph have been…