As a parent I could never be prouder.  I’m talking about my children. I guess at the moment specifically about my eldest. A young woman who gives and gives and keeps on giving. She has not been handed to her a perfect life, but she has dealt with it very well. From a distance I can often see her struggles but have no ability to help her out of them. Only encouragement along the way. The journey of life for some can be harder than what others have to bear, or so it seems. But we all do have our difficulties. It’s often how we face them, our disposition, that…

There is a line in a movie I was watching that has been going round and round in my mind. The actor was talking about what Jesus was thinking when He chose US (everyone – all of mankind) to follow Him. To walk with Him in life, to be His disciples. “Jesus had everything He needed.” Jesus was complete in Himself. Unified with the Father and Spirit. He did not need us. We are the ones in NEED. The crunch line, however, was next…… “But HE WANTED US.” Oh my! How important does that make us. Doesn’t that make you feel special! We who are so weak, so frail, so…

It started out as just a story but turned into a lesson on ‘seeing differently.’ There was a young baby born, his name was Rocky. His life started out like any other young baby boy’s life, eating, sleeping, growing. But it became apparent as the years went on that there was something different about Rocky’s growth. After a gazillion of tests, it turns out he was born with a condition called Fibrous Dysplasia, where abnormal growth or swelling of the bone occurs. The affected bones become enlarged, brittle and warped. Rocky’s parents tried to protect him as much as possible from physical danger due to the brittleness of his bones,…

I cannot but start this blog with another beautiful, delightful story from Willow. Willow is my 4-year-old granddaughter for those of you who don’t know. She is the youngest of four girls but often seems to be more grown up and to say things that are above her years. She had hurt herself at Kindy. She came home with a huge scratch that was bleeding all the way down her leg.  Supposedly she had jumped over this book with a metal spine down the middle and did not make it. Her Mum, Melissa, put a band aid on it, more to protect it from dirt and sand from the sandpit.…

It started a few months ago and has been building ever since. My awareness of my frailty. Humanity’s frailty. The world right now is in Crisis everywhere. If it’s not covid and trying to cope with this virus and the effect on people lives (many have died, many staying sick longer, and also many affected livelihoods, where does it stop?) then its climate change problems, floods, fires, earthquakes, and now wars that are escalating. Some of this is man-made from greed of power and possessions. But much is out of our hands, out of our control. All of these things can affect our Life here on Earth. What control do…