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…

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…