One of my granddaughters asked me an important question the other day. What am I good at? (She had been reflecting upon her sporting prowess… she thought she had none.) I answered her honestly. I told her what I see in her. Have you ever wondered who you are? What about who you are in Christ? What’s my purpose? Why am I here? Firstly, we are here because out of His great love for us Our God created us. We all have a purpose to love God in return and to share the good news about what Jesus has done for us. We were made to live with God forever,…

I look around, I feel in the room great love. As I continue to listen to the conversations of things that happened in the past and store up those stories in my memory bank, I rejoice. As I hear and get involved in the sharing from family members of their life situations today, I pray. As people share their dreams of when they were young and where they are now, I ponder. I’m in a time visiting with my immediate family for a few weeks. This does not often happen due to me living in another state. It makes my spirit to wonder, to reminisce. The heartfelt sharings from many…

It is freezing today! I just can’t warm up. Huddled in blankets with a small cough and a small squeaky voice. It comes and goes as I try and have conversation with my family. It’s not sore anymore but progressively over a few hours it lost its volume. As I was trying to warm my physical body I turned to the scriptures to warm my spiritual body. I don’t want to be lukewarm (and be spewed out of Gods mouth.) ‘I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am…

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…