I have just come back from a beautiful celebration of a friend’s Mum’s life. The family were naturally sad but also celebrating the joy of her life and the legacy of what she left behind. Full life for her is just beginning with the eternal life with Jesus Christ in heaven. One we all desire to attain. Between my tears at the Church and the prayers on my lips I felt a comfort that the Lord watches over the whole span of our lives. Whatever unfolds in the future He never leaves us. If we trust in Him and trust to Him our plans, our dreams, our future we know…

Does it not annoy you when you have made plans and they don’t work out? Now I’m not talking about when circumstances change, or someone gets sick and appointments need to be cancelled or moved. I’m talking about when people are continually unreliable, the same people unreliable, every time you book them into your diary week to care for someone, and it happens that they cancel on you. I know they may not mean to but sometimes it’s better for everyone if you or they state “in this season that you are in you cannot babysit or care for my family members.” Because the repercussions are so often that I…

My grandchildren when they send me any text messages, they often have emojis in their content. Some I recognize, others I have to ask what they mean. Back in the early church days when a Christian wanted to talk to another Christian secretly (for fear of to being killed or arrested) but also was unsure if they were actually talking to another Christian, they would start drawing part of the fish picture. If the other person completed the drawing – they were safe.  Or carefully they made the sign of the cross to see if someone would reply with the sign of the cross.  The sign of the cross was used by…

Willow, my 8-year-old granddaughter, asked her Mum, “When can I have my Daddy date?” This is a date with her Dad. She comes from a family of six. Mum, Dad and 4 daughters. From a very young age, as the family grew in number, they decided the girls individually would have a play date with their Dad. The girls love them. Melissa, her Mum, replied, “Well you need to decide first what you want to do?” “Well, I’ve thought of 2 options. I could go to Mini Golf at Archie Brothers and then go to the Sushi train or if you don’t want to spend any money, we could watch…

I remember there was a boy at school that would love to play tricks on people but sometimes he went too far or he did it so often that it was not a joke anymore. It hurt. I was not one of his targets, but I saw how “his jokes” affected people and often thought that a joke must be truly funny and not at the expense of someone’s feelings. Maybe that’s why when I listen to comedians I stop listening if they “are not funny.” In Proverbs it says: Anyone who would trick someone and then say, “I was only joking” is like a fool who shoots flaming arrows…