Sometimes you feel so alone. Even in amongst a crowd, you can often feel isolated. As if no one knows what you are going through, how you are feeling, how you don’t seem to have any support. At these times I can tend to isolate myself even more and feel like woah is me. But I’ve been learning to lean into God more on those days. To get more of the nourishment I need from Him for I have been learning more that: “He is here, and I am here with him.” That His presence lives within me and is so close. He knows what is happening. He cares about…

I had flown over 2 flights for 12 hours and when I hobbled off the plane because my body was all stiff, as soon as I could, I was crawling into bed. I recognize in myself now that I need a “down day” if I have travelled a bit the day before. I know myself. But more than knowing my physical body over the years, because of my relationship with Jesus, I have come to know my heart and recognize my flaws. It states in the book of Psalms: Search me, God, and know my heart;    test me and know my anxious thoughts.See if there is any offensive way in me,    and lead me in…

Bruce and I have been travelling, meeting new friends, old friends. Catching up where possible with some Impacters groups, those part of our spiritual family. As I meet more people from different backgrounds I am reminded of Paul the Apostle where he shares in 1 Corinthians 9 that he adapts himself, his argument, his way of sharing with people so that those particular listeners can hear the gospel. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law) so that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, so that I…

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…