It’s only a matter of weeks ago that the fields were awash – floods disrupted so much – there was hardship – fear – and an uncertainty about the future. During this time however the farmers were busy – it seemed that they took advantage of not being able to carry on as normal and…

I feel so very blessed to live here in the countryside. The house we rent is on a farm – where each day I can walk around the fields and enjoy the peace and quiet – no risk of having social contact with anyone! It truly is solace for the soul. During the past weeks…

The whole world is changing – our lives as we have always known them are changing. As more and more restrictions are put upon us – as we face difficulties and challenges in our social – financial and emotional lives we find that so often our perspective on life changes too. We have to make…

“Is this for real?” – these were the words uttered by one of our grandsons – when he woke up early one morning last week – to the news that his mum had died. Although she had been ill we were all left reeling in shock and with that same feeling of ‘unreality.’ As I…

The other day a dear friend sent me this message – ‘Jesus is good at puzzling out our thoughts and working out what we really want to say to Him’. She also sent an accompanying picture – of ‘a jumbled prayer’ – I really love it as it sums up where I sense we’re all…

As I sit this morning I am full of thankfulness for what God has done and is doing – and I realised that what I really needed to do was to – ‘give praise where praise was due’ – and to publicly do that here on my blog. I do hope that you will all…

This week I have celebrated my 75th birthday – and I am thankful – thankful that through all those years – He has remained the same – there have been mountain tops – and there have been valleys – pure joy and deep sorrow – yet He has remained faithful – always there. I have…

As I looked out on a beautiful sunny morning the grass appeared to be shimmering with jewels – I was immediately taken with the thought of ‘shining like jewels’ – and my mind was filled with  my son and daughter in law – as they are truly ‘shining- like jewels – or like stars’ –…

The word ‘surrounded’ has been with me during the past few days – it describes how I feel during this difficult time for our family. We have been ‘surrounded’ so strongly by the closeness of God – knowing – and feeling His arms around us – strengthening us – loving us – giving us peace….

It’s easy to ‘talk the talk’ – yet so important that we ‘walk the walk’. Most of us who have a faith can ‘talk the talk’ – quote verses from scripture – sing the songs – and definitely believe what we are saying. I’m not just talking about what we say to other people –…