Unravelled

“It’s like a road…I’m on one side and he’s on the other.  When he’s away the road has a big crack but when we’re together the crack is all filled up again.” This is how Abigail explained her sobbing after her big brother went back to university.  A whirlwind visit that just was not long…

Isaiah 41:7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith and he who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil. As a mother, my first thought on the hammer and the anvil is of being the piece in between.  So often it seems as though no matter which direction I turn there is something…

“I’ve traveled about a bit in my time And of troubles I’ve seen a few But found it better in every  clime To paddle my own canoe. “My wants are few.  I care not at all If my debts are paid when due I drive away strife in the ocean of life While I paddle…

Ephesians 6:14a Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist  Paul wrote this with the perspective of the Roman army.  For Roman soldiers, the belt was used not only to drape leather strips protecting the lower body, but even more importantly, the belt held the scabbard which sheathed the sword.  The…

2 Chronicles 30:12…the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the LORD. This week, one friend was discharged from hospital after a major surgery, another was admitted to hospital for heart issues and one…

Sign outside a church: When you enter through these doors, you haven’t arrived but you have taken a step in the right direction. It is so easy to think, when things are going well, that we have it all together.  What crushing disappointment it can be when something happens to make us realize that we…