The day I had scheduled in for today did not eventuate. I was planning to get a lot of my book work and filming completed because looking at the calendar there were a few weeks where I had no ability to film my weekly videos or complete my weekly podcasts. The night before as I was preparing dinner, I felt a bit achy – not unusual for me – so I just ignored the sensations. As the night progressed, I felt like my throat was sore and every time I swallowed it was red raw. So, I made up my Mum’s recipe of a hot lemon drink with honey hoping…

Willow this year, being in year 3, learns some different disciplines in athletics. She can try shotput, javelin and long jump. She was a bit concerned not knowing how to throw either the shotput and javelin or how to run and then jump off the board into the sand for long jump. Her mum explained that the sports teacher will teach them how to do it, what to do, then they will get 3 tries over the next few weeks to get a score or measurement. “You won’t truly know how you will go till you give it a go.” We older adults, even at our age, sometimes feel out…

As I look around the room, I see a whole pile of clean washing that just needs folding and putting away and a pile of dirty washing that still needs to go into the washing machine. The “leftovers” of three days of grandchildren sleeping over at Grammie’s House. The fun, the games, the noise, the food cooked and eaten that occurred over those three days has filled me up with a joy that only children can bring. Secrets were shared late at night. Girls whispering in their beds. The boys trying to disrupt them with throwing balls and hiding under pillows. All done in great fun. Oh, the mess of…

Isaiah 55:10-11 states: For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,    and do not return there until they have watered the earth,making it bring forth and sprout,    giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;    it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,    and succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:10-11 NRSV So just as the rain does not go back to the heavens until it has watered the earth, God’s promises, all the words spoken from Himself, will do and will produce what the words were meant for.…

For the last few weeks, I cannot hear out of my right ear. I don’t and have not had a cold, so no stuffy nose or blocked ear canal from that. I have not been swimming so no water behind the eardrum.  I don’t seem to have wax in it, but I definitely can’t hear properly. It makes me ask people to repeat often what they are saying to me. Spiritually I asked myself – are there times when I can’t hear God? I’m either not listening to Him or maybe I’m too distracted by other things? Maybe not spending enough time with Him to hear His voice? Or could…