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…

Chores never ending! Washing is just continuous at the moment due to many visitors but at least I have clothes and bedding to wash. Not like so many. And the numbers of people in dire straits seems to be growing. Those in war zones, those in natural disasters with floods, fires, earthquakes, famine appearing to grow in number every season. My heart and limited funds go out to many in need. But I often feel my contribution is so little. What can I really do? Well little by little grows and soon this little we have all given adds up to a lot. In the same way we can all…

Wow I must have been tired. I slept for over 8 hours. That’s big for me! Lack of sleep catches up with you and so often affects your demeanour and how you cope with things. I seem to never get enough sleep as I get older. Either can’t sleep for no reason or my knees are annoying me and speaking to me when my mind and brain need to rest. Or I have grandchildren over that are up at the earliest of hours and need supervision. One morning I was trying to help one of the little ones with their breakfast. The porridge I made them was not like how…

The other day one of my granddaughter’s was studying for some exams. She had a week off school and only had to go to school on the day to sit the exam. Her mother was sharing with us how this particular child would study. She would have background music in her room, singing at the top of her lungs and writing all this information on some white boards. The information being the areas, ideas and knowledge she needed to retain for that particular exam. Maybe not the way you would do it but the way that she studies and gets results. Another granddaughter, the previous week, had gone to her…