Tag Archives: Spirituality

Reality

I look and I try to not judge but just love. I listen. To the noise. The swear words. I look and I stop trying and just love. I listen and God hears Himself as I forget my heartbeat.

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Act 4 of the Bible – Isaiah 49 v 5-23  

When Jesus of Nazareth looked out over the crowd before Him and proclaimed: “You are the light of the world”, it wasn’t His words as much as the people to whom He said them that shocked people. Not the religious … Continue reading

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Prayer

I want to pray but how do you articulate flowers and what’s the melody of cuddles and clouds and care? I’ve not given up on words, it is just that the hours swell with the sort of love that won’t … Continue reading

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The Grand Weaver

Dear God, you allowed Psalm 88 to make it onto the pages of the book they say you wrote, and the 39th estranged cry from the king who spoke when he said that crushing silence was his ghostly fate. Would … Continue reading

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Morning Star

The morning stars sang together while the angels shouted for joy when the Lord laid the first foundations to all that He wished to enjoy. There was silence until that moment and no ear to perceive it until the resounding … Continue reading

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Think about such things…

Do you have place in the depths of your heart, where all God’s done for you has been set apart? A little sacred room that shines with His glory as you recall how He wrote Himself into your story? Do … Continue reading

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Leaving John the Baptist

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 16th April 2020 Reading: John 1:35-42 – Jesus’ first disciples. In today’s text, we hear about two of John’s disciples and their decision to follow Jesus. John once again declares that Jesus is the Lamb of … Continue reading

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Key Worker

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 15th April 2020 Today’s reading: John 1:29-34 – Jesus the Lamb of God Over the past few weeks, many things have changed, and certainly not for the better. In the midst of uncertainty and upheaval, one … Continue reading

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Manna

God, I prayed this morning you would take the pain away – the heartbreak and the worries – in a mighty display of your amazing power to make creation obey but it’s manna again today. God, I prayed this morning … Continue reading

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Dear Woman

Dear woman, I think it is time we have a chat. A chat to just gently remind you that you are amazing. I know that deep down, underneath the flickering doubt and the veneer of uncertainty, you already know what … Continue reading

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