No matter what, I return to You. Like the waves returning to the shore, like water to the ground, I always return to You. Like a small child who knows the safety of the arms in which she is held, I come running for You. Because You show up every time. Every time. In pain, […]
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Sometimes I really struggle to trust Him. I know that He doesn’t promise an easy life. He actually says that this life is full of trouble (John 16:33). And let’s face it, Jesus himself – perfect as He is – still faced betrayal into arrest, then abandonment by friends when He needed them most, followed
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When God created the oak tree, He did not expect it to be a rose bush. When He created a squirrel, He did not expect it to be a kangaroo. He has a wild, vivid imagination and when He fashioned each part of creation, moulded it with His fingers, saw it in His mind’s eye,
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What To Do When There’s No One There There is a slow, steady process that happens between a parent and baby – or any caregiver and infant. A process of trust growing and developing, a tender time when perfection isn’t needed, just enough consistency for something good to grow. It’s called the Arousal Relaxation Cycle,
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Jesus is the easiest person to be around. He is so beautiful in how He loves. He doesn’t need anything from me, from you. He is entirely at ease and content with Himself. He has no pride, no ego, no unmet needs. He is not hurt or offended if you forget to ask how He
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Ok, so let’s be real. I’m a grown-ass woman. I have desires. And this unexpected time of living like a eunuch is not ideal. There are days it’s ok. But other times, the ache and the longing interrupts forcibly. It’s two things: first, a basic desire for sexual intimacy. I could write about that in
Just Stay Close: Don’t run, don’t hide. I don’t know about you, but I have had a frequent sense that I can only come into God’s presence if I am ‘clean’, if I’m behaving well. Or at least, I need to be prepared and ready to do a behavioural turnaround, if I’m going to brave
Morning. It’s 4.50 am. The sting of disappointment is sharp this morning, a sleep thief. If you, too, are a single one searching for love, then this disappointment, and the desire to be loved, wanted, longed for even, maybe archly familiar to you too. The longing to be loved is strong, universal even. Songs and
So…I have been doing the whole online dating thing. It has been quite something. And one of the things I find myself doing in this dating lark, is trying to be wise. Making wise choices. Trying to discern if something is right or not. Extrapolating future predictions from the data. After all, Proverbs 4:23 talks
This has been a fragile surrender. Coming out of a 24-year marriage with my own and two young children’s hearts to tend to, has stretched me beyond my already frayed edges. A year before the marriage finally collapsed I desperately started asking Him to rescue me, rescue this, rescue us, somehow, anyway. And from that