“My God turns my darkness into light” Psalm 18:28 (NIV) What do you see when you look at yourself? Do you listen to the sacred voice of Father God, that calls you his own or has your mirror view been hijacked and beset by the deeds and thoughts done that cause you to recoil? When … More The Dawning Light
There is a way that has been made. It puts an end to lonely wanderings, and trades joy for broken sorrows; A path that bids those that hide to come. This dawning light; This eternal flame, Has caught those lost in hopeless darkness. The signpost reads ‘perfect love’s gift.’ Behold Christ the Way to the … More The Way (Poem)
“But we see Jesus” Hebrews 2:9 (NKJV) Dear reader, are you a keen student of fairness? I know I am. Though relatively mild mannered, nothing makes my blood boil than when I join a queue whether it is a traffic queue or queue for the checkout at a supermarket and someone pushes in! I’m sure … More Fairness Abandoned: Embracing God’s Gracious Love
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 (NKJV) To Wander As I stumble along a returning road to my Heavenly Father, I find breaking through like pools of sunlight through dark cloud heartfelt relief and resurrected wonder and delight as I find Jesus waiting … More The Return Journey
I lift up my eyes to the mountains, where does my help come from?My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV) I was hiking in the highlands of Scotland recently and when before me I saw the vast array of the Cairngorm mountains, this psalm came to mind. When David penned … More God Given Help to Silence Life’s Mountains
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 (NIV) What does it mean to be adopted as sons and daughters by the living God? I don’t know about you but there are moments of pure and profound joy … More A Beloved Child in God’s Eyes
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house and will water the valley of acacias.” Joel 3:18 (NIV) Presence In The Valley The psalmist King of Israel David expresses tender and intimate revelation of God’s character in seeing and describing God as a shepherd in his most famous Psalm, Psalm 23. As the psalm unfolds, David … More The Flooded Valley
“He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” Psalm 18:19 (ESV) The other day I was spending time with God sharing what was laying heavy on my heart. It was a Sunday morning after an online church service had finished and I was troubled. It was not … More The Joy of God’s Delight
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,” Ephesians 3:17-18 (NIVUK) What is it to experience the flood? It is not the biblical flood of Noah’s day … More The Flood
Yield yourself time and space to be Rest then a while and you will see The fog dispersed of yesterdays regret and the evaporation of tomorrows fret Here and unshrouded your mind’s view will assess The home of true worth in Christ, will in you manifest At the sound of His voice who caused the … More Enter Beloved Rest (Poem)
Abba's Dearly Beloved 