A recent conversation with a friend made me pause and deflate the balloons I had eagerly pumped up for my self-pity party. Once again I found myself trapped in a swirl of emotions that had led me down the deep, dark path of self-focus and self-pity. What had happened? I had been running with perseverance …
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Devotional | Forgive Ruthlessly
Psalm 103 verse 2 NIV Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits-verse 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases. Being cold, dark, damp and dated, it was time to update our main bathroom. The process of that renovation has taken a few curly turns. Firstly, we …
Devotional | Encountering God and Elephants
A devotion throwback by Karen Rees. “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:1-2 When I was a child, my parents saw a poster announcing that a …
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DEVOTIONAL: Detours on our journey with Jesus
‘But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Matthew 14:28 A little while ago I was on my way to an appointment, and I had my GPS going for guidance as I wasn’t familiar with where I was going. Whilst driving, I got a little …
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Chasing Donkeys
Do you feel like you’ve missed the memo on your calling? Tired of getting distracted and confused in this faith journey you have begun? Has all that worrying, second-guessing and wondering whether God has set you on the right path and if He is for you caused you to want to forget the whole ‘calling’ …
Devotional | The Two Faces of Freedom
Freedom: the condition or right of being able or allowed to do, say, think, etc. whatever you want to, without being controlled or limited. Contemplating my topic for this month’s blog, I remembered a conversation with someone a while ago who told me that Christianity wasn’t for him because it took away his freedom to …
God’s Perfect Timing
I am grateful for perfect timing. An unexpected situation recently brought my husband and me to New York City. Due to the serious nature of the trip, I did not follow my usual practice of planning sightseeing excursions, activities, and shopping. While researching the area of our hotel, I discovered that we would be within …
Are you ready? a devotional
“…anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) In late 2022 I offered to review a new release “The Challenge to Trust on the Path to Peace” by Cindy Janecka and Cindy kindly sent me a physical copy of …
Devotional | A Little Something
‘It’s okay to be small,’ He whispered to my soul. And He wasn’t talking about my 5’1½”. We were in ‘therapy,’ which is the completely accurate name I give to receiving trained prayer ministry as a mutual adjunct to psychology. These wonderful folk use a specific framework to isolate the origins of spiritual problems, as …
DEVOTIONAL: Selfless love.
“We just want what’s best for you.” Those were the words spoken to me some years ago. On the surface, they sound caring and loving. But as I dwelt on them days later, I realised that under the surface of these words was not a desire for me to experience what is best. Under the …