Work

Just thought I would add a few pics of my little corner at work where I spend many happy hours just looking down a microscope. It has been said that I rest my eyes on the microscope head and fall asleep but these are dreadful slights of my character!

24 hours of prayer

Today I took part in a small way in a prayer event organised in the church. I found the whole time extremely challenging and also much more emotional than I expected. I was sitting reading and thinking about the verse "Be still, and know that I am God" and for probably the first time the realization of that verse dawned on me. Like many I had taken that verse to mean just as it states, to be still, to stop doing things, to slow down and just make the time to talk to and to listen to God. In an increasingly busy world both at work and at church it is becoming extremely hard to do that and I believe we must take time to "Be still". But it dawned on me today that this command to "Be still" also applies to that part of me that worries about what is going to happen, that is perturbed about events that are happening both at a personal level and at a global level, and God is saying "Be still", don't be tossed about. Don't be agitated and concerned, don't get your stomach all in a knot. But be still, be calm, be level headed and KNOW that I AM GOD

The Bridling Place: March 2006

The Bridling Place: March 2006
AM I TRULY BEING REAL ?
AM I BEING REAL.......
(EPHESIANS CHAPTER ONE)
Relationship with God. This is the most vital aspect to living a consistent Christian walk. If my relationship with God is not on a real level, then all my other relationships are not going to be where they should be. Notice in chapter one of Ephesians how personal the Apostle Paul refers to God and Christ. Verse one, (I am an Apostle of Christ)(by the will of God). Verse two, (peace from OUR God). Verse three, (OUR Lord Jesus Christ). Verse seventeen, (God of OUR Lord). A person cannot talk this way without knowing someone very personally. As Paul corresponds with the Ephesians, he is not challenging them to strive for something he does not have. He is reminding them of what they have in Christ. What he has in Christ. Remember, he is writing this letter during a time of personal persecution and trial. Am I being real in all my relationships or am I still wearing a Mask?
verse 7, "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace."
E valuation of self. Am I being honest with myself? Do I live each day as if I would stand before the Lord today? Do I live a REAL Christian life in front of my peers or is it just a facade? Is my Christian life really Christian? Verse four, (just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. Am I living obediently in Christ? Do I strive daily to live and think Biblically as I deal with the different tests and temptations that come my way?
A ttitude....Attitude...Attitude. IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT ME....IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM!!!! Paul makes it firmly clear in verse one why he is doing what he is doing and why he is saying what he is sharing with the Christians. Ephesians 1:1, "Paul and apostle of Christ Jesus BY THE WILL OF GOD. It requires a submissive attitude to be and live obediently to what God commands. In my effort to be REAL, have I realized that the things that I experience in my life that are not in my control are there to mold me and shape me more into the image of Christ? May I not get lost in focusing in the process, that I lose sight of the fact that God sees the finished product. Therefore, I must trust God that He knows best for my life.
Love of God and others more than self!!!!! Do I love and long for the eternal things that God has to offer? Verse 18, " I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the sayings, Verse 19, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe."
Key things to consider as I seek to be REAL and SHARE my faith:
*My ability to influence others is directly related to what they think about me.
*What does it mean to enter someone's world but not take on his or her way of life?
*How can I become friends with non-christians without letting them influence me negatively?
*Think of some qualities of a healthy relationship: Okay, now are these qualities in my relationships with God, parents, friends, etc.......

Gingerbread delights

As a family we spent one evening over the summer decorating gingerbread men. This is practice for the making of gingerbread houses for Christmas.

Time like a never ending stream

Just logged in again only to find it was June that I last paid a visit. This is now the 4th October.
So much has happened over the last few months that it has gone so quickly. My son Ken came home again from England and is now living with us again, May and I have been over to Amsterdam. This was in the middle of the heat wave with temperatures reaching the mid 30.s by day.
Then May went with Isabel to Zimbabwe to visit the projects over there.