As I read, I pray. Someone needs prayers and assistance with their Mum who is being tested for Alzheimer’s…. Waiting upon test results for themselves for suspected cancer… Someone needing strength to cope with the ravages of cancer… Some parents just finding out their child has a learning disability and wanting to know the next step for help…. A family asking for prayers because a loved one had died…. Another family asking for prayers and answers for a family member who took his own life… Many families asking for prayers because someone they know who is close to them is depressed… Struggling financially and prayers asked for… Heartache for loss…

As I rushed out the door and took a final sip of coffee, (for I knew I would need all the help I could get today) a message came up on my phone, “Could you bring…… with you when you come.”  Two minutes later and I would have already left the house. So, I turned around, grabbed the item needed and slammed the door shut. ‘Huge schedule today’, I thought, and I was not wrong. I ran into the shops to grab all the stuff for hospitality that I would need this morning. Then drove (under the speed limit I might add) to the office to set up everything. Then…

Mum asked the children to clean their rooms. Aubrey who is 6 and Willow who is 4 share a room. They asked their Mum, Melissa, to set a timer for them while they cleaned it. So, Melissa put on a stopwatch timer to time how long it took them to clean. This has often been a way Melissa has got the children to pack up their toys when they were younger. Making it a bit of a game, to see how fast they can do it. After 8 minutes, both girls came out of their room and said they were done. Melissa was surprised it only took that long, so…

Some people just have a gift. A gift of welcoming, a gift of hospitality. They make you feel at home and it’s as if you have known them for a very long time. That’s how it felt this weekend just gone. Both Bruce and I had never met this couple, who opened their “retreat house” up to us. We were spoilt by their company, their cooking, their home, their time. Their Ministry to others is very evident and genuine. 1 Peter 4: 8-9 came to mind.  Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 1 Peter 4:8-9 NIV This wonderful…

Humph…. oh….I groaned as I looked at my watch. Why is the queue taking so long? I looked ahead at the lady at the front of the counter and saw an old lady getting something out of her purse. She was moving very slowly and so again I sighed….. Ah well it is going to take a bit longer. My mother’s words crept into my mind. “Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can ……” I started thinking over this saying. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being. So, patience is…