Thinking this morning about how our relationship with Jesus can be hindered and helped. The title was based on the fact that all the blue-tits in my garden have suddenly moved and I realised that rather than focus on that loss I could focus on the fact that if you look closely at sparrows (which are very prolific in my garden) they are actually beautiful birds too. We have to be prepared to look for beauty in all things especially when it comes to Gods creation.
video from last slide can be seen below
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Lord you have my heart
This chorus has been in my mind a lot over the last few days. Thanks to Sidharth Mohandas for this video of it.
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Beyond the cross
Yesterday morning at our prayer meeting I kept seeing an image of Jesus on the cross and the despair of the people around him as their hopes were shattered by His death. In the picture I could see people turning their backs on Jesus and walking away with hunched shoulders not knowing what to do next. This image stayed with me for a significant part of the meeting and I couldn't seem to get passed it. As I was praying about it towards the end of the meeting I felt Jesus was saying I didn't come to die but to be raised to life so that everyone can have eternal life.
I don't know about you but sometimes with all the situations we see around us and the difficulties we or those close to us face it can be difficult to see beyond the pain and the suffering. My prayer for this holy week is that we will all be able to see beyond the cross and experience the life that Jesus died to bring. We are not promised a life without suffering but we are promised eternal life and the support of Jesus if we put our trust in him.
I don't know about you but sometimes with all the situations we see around us and the difficulties we or those close to us face it can be difficult to see beyond the pain and the suffering. My prayer for this holy week is that we will all be able to see beyond the cross and experience the life that Jesus died to bring. We are not promised a life without suffering but we are promised eternal life and the support of Jesus if we put our trust in him.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Psalm 100
A Thanksgiving Psalm
1-2 On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.
3 Know this: God is God, and God, God.
He made us; we didn't make him.
We're his people, his well-tended sheep.
4 Enter with the password: "Thank you!"
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.
5 For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever.
The Message
1-2 On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.
3 Know this: God is God, and God, God.
He made us; we didn't make him.
We're his people, his well-tended sheep.
4 Enter with the password: "Thank you!"
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.
5 For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever.
The Message
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Palm Trees
Thank you Shaun for making us think on Sunday with the help of palm trees. Here is a picture of palm trees on the march in Santiago, Chile. Clearing the polluted air with their leaves - could be another thought there maybe.
Roy
Sunday, 10 April 2011
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