The Best Seat in the House

  Often as I sit waiting for the dawn I get the sense of being in a theatre- the curtain about to rise – filling me with anticipation at what the opening scene may look like. Each  day is as if a new scene begins. The scenes vary – the settings differ – and even…

‘Mary – Did You Know?’

  It’s that time of year when we get to play and hear all our favourite Christmas songs and carols. One of my very favourites is “Mary Did You Know” Mary – did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water – Mary – did you know that your baby boy…

My Inspiration

I guess we might not always realise just who or what has inspired us throughout our life. I began to reflect a little – to remember just a few of those things that had inspired me and how my life had been influenced by them. During my childhood we went on a few holidays to…

The day before me

Don’t you just love it when you wake up to a day that stretches before you with no plans in place. A day when you can chose just how you will spend it. So many days in our lives are full of appointments – routines – things we must do – places we must go….

Birdsong

My own ‘morning song’ What a start to the day when out of the emerging daylight I hear the bird songs – as if sung especially for me. Gratitude rises from within and a thankfulness emerges from my spirit. I find myself applying the words of a song by Abba to express my thankfulness –…

“Keeping Focus”

There are times when ‘life’ seems to get in the way – problems surface – worry takes over,  your mind is too active and causes sleepless nights. When this happens I am somehow always reminded of a verse from scripture – ” I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my…

A Holy Calling

Sitting in the quiet of the morning I was so aware of the awesomeness of sensing God’s presence. Listening to the silence and lifting my eyes to the heavens caused a response from deep within. The words from a song came to mind – ‘I’m captured by your holy calling’. These words are from the song ‘The…