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 –…

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…

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…

Blogging has enabled me to ‘dare’ to let others see my writing. Very rarely over the years have I shared my written thoughts with anyone. The ‘blogging’ I have done has kick-started something for me – but I realise that I have held back in my writing. I’ve simply written random thoughts at the beginning of…

It’s interesting to me just what that simple word ‘Friend’ may mean to different people. With ‘social media’ today people seem to ‘collect friends’. How many people can we get to ‘follow’ us – to ‘like’ our comments and photos. For me it begs the question – just what is a ‘friend’? What is it…

“If Only” – Two small words – that can carry so much weight and contain so much emotion. Two small words – full of so much pain and regret. Two small words – most of us carry in our hearts. Such words are so often uttered in reference to the past – to situations in our…

Being still is not something that comes naturally to most people – certainly in our country anyway. Life seems to be one long constant movement – always something to do – somewhere to go – no time to top and simply be still. I’m not just referring to being physically still. This need for movement…

A wet and misty morning – not usually the sort to fill your heart with joy – yet I sit here and find it eerie – mysterious and quite captivating. Almost the only sound to be heard is that of the rain as it falls from grey laden skies. This quiet – this feeling of…

As I sit here waiting for the dawn to break I find myself musing on the different times in our lives when we ‘wait’ and how that ‘waiting’ takes on many forms. Each day for me begins with a deliberate and purposeful waiting. I have to be early – to sit quietly and simply wait if…

  It’s really dark today as I make my way downstairs. I open the French windows and can hardly make out any shapes at all but am loath to switch on a light. There’s something about this dark morning that has me thinking – thinking about the dark times in our lives – and how…