it’s a Monday and God loves me.

it’s a Monday and God loves me. everything else pales into insignificance. knowing I’m loved by the one who made this universe, knowing he cares about me – I’m not just some random jumble of cells, I’m a human being … Continue reading →

Guilt trip? No, thanks

So I’m reading a blog by a fellow Christian who is talking about why we should all find time to do X (I’m deliberately leaving that blank, as my grumble isn’t about that specific thing she mentions – it’s about … Continue reading →

Against you only have I sinned

When I bought my first computer, I wanted one with the right socket for plugging in the keyboard I’d brought with me from Israel, which had Hebrew on it. I went into a shop, looked at their laptop selection, chose … Continue reading →

Losing touch with God

The story of the golden calf is one I’m very familiar with, and yet something I’d never noticed before suddenly leapt at me off the page when I re-read it recently, and it was this: it all happened “when the … Continue reading →

Change is ok

just needing to jot down thoughts from yesterday’s women’s breakfast in church – things that I found helpful in the talks we heard. change is ok, it’s part of life – yes, I knew that, but hadn’t thought about how … Continue reading →

But you’d get crucified if you do that

Got into an interesting conversation on Google+ about my earlier post – about the scariness of going privately to talk to someone who has upset you, one to one, when you don’t know how they’re going to react. Sure it’s … Continue reading →

Homework Fail

So on Sunday I heard a sermon about being peace makers and one of the points was that if someone sins against you, you go to them in private first of all, you don’t go telling other people. I often … Continue reading →

Peace making – notes from this evening’s sermon

The text was from Matthew: 5:9 Blessed are the peace makers 5:23-26 If you bring an offering to the altar and remember that your brother has something against you, go and talk to your brother and try to make peace … Continue reading →

Familiar

I woke up with this song in my head, “we all like sheep have gone astray / lalalalalalala / and the LORD has laid on him the iniquities of us all” – yeah, Isaiah 53, and we sing it in church sometimes, and…

It just hit me: I have become capable of just singing it without being hit by it. The words have become familiar over time. I am not filled with awe and gratitude each and every time I sing this song.

I wake up and you are there

Thank you, God
that you are always there
even when I’m fast asleep
ignoring you
forgetting to take time
to talk to you
going about my day-to-day life
without stopping for a chat with you
even then
when I wake up, I find you there with me.