When Illness Can Be a Blessing in Disguise
Not long ago I became ill with a horrible virus that included dizziness, nausea, vomiting, temperature, chills, weakness and loss of appetite. I was in bed quite a bit for about 3 or 4...
Category: trust
Trusting God When You Can Do Nothing More
When I was 18 years old I had to go and collect my A level results and found that I didn’t have the grades I needed to get into university. I didn’t know what...
How To Be Strong in The Lord
Many of us have some of our spiritual armour on but in a way we are weak underneath because we haven’t done the first bit: ‘Be strong in the Lord’ (Eph 6:10) As I...
When Faith Is Like Abseiling
I distinctly remember the first (and only!) time I went abseiling. It was with the Office Training Core at University, and we got adventure training for free. So being the adventurous type, I went...
A Verse to Memorise – Trusting God for Guidance
Yesterday my husband said that the greatest single thing he ever did was to memorise scripture, and it was probably the thing that took the least time. He also said that the best verse...
A Verse to Memorise: God is Our Refuge and Strength
‘God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.’ Psalm 46:1 I love this psalm – it is so comforting and reminds me of the power and majesty of God. Yet He still stoops...
The Very Worried Sparrow
My daughter has been struggling with bad dreams and crying at bedtime because she’s scared of having more of them. So last week I read her a story that I got from the local library, and I...
Do Your Best and Commit the Rest
Earlier this week I was feeling discouraged wondering how I could possibly do all of the things I’m supposed to do. Then I remembered Chuck Smith’s saying: “Do your best and commit the rest”....
Hold On to What You Know – When Life Doesn’t Go as You Expect #3
I’m a bit slow in posting at the moment because we are still settling in at our new house, so there is lots to do! I wanted to carry on the series I started...
Trust That God Has a Plan – When Life Doesn’t Go as You Expect #2
In my last post I wrote about how we need to expect that bad things will happen in our lives, as they do at some point for most people, and how we can prepare for...
