Sometimes our fearful and limited mind perceives and interprets situations we face as being 'world ending' or 'soul crushing'! Despite our best efforts, there seems no way out and no silver linning in the cloud. Depression and anxiety can feel like this too. The darkness, the pain and the anquish is real. But there can... Continue Reading →
If we take a view of life as a battle or quest to get, achieve or overcome SOMETHING or arrive SOMEWHERE, then we place a huge target on our backs for the arrows of pain, suffering, frustration and distraction. However, an alternative approach is to view LIFE AS A JOURNEY with no accidents or mistakes,... Continue Reading →
A call to reflect on the power of your intentions and true motives. As the New Year 2023 steps unto the stage, do consider that your intentions (and motivation), whether conscious or unconscious, are a powerful signal emitted out into the Universe. Our intentions work like a homing beacon that attracts (or repels) things, people,... Continue Reading →
I caught myself again the other day, walking away with a suppressed smile on my face - trying to conceal my true emotions - as I marched off from another 'angry raised voice' encounter with my 9 and 8 year olds. I find myself doing this a lot more these days. I was once a... Continue Reading →
As a mirror reflects the rays of the noonday sun, so our hearts reflect back to God the very love the Father has for us. In the midst of trial, disappointments and my own failings, that still small voice in my heart testifies ‘I am my beloved’s and He is mine’. I am assurred that... Continue Reading →
A note to the 'congregation of Believers' otherwise known as 'Church', 'Club', 'Community', 'Fellowship', 'Temple', 'Ashram' etc The tie that binds is defined as the shared belief or other factor that links people together. Surely and ultimately, LOVE should be the only tie that binds us together, not beliefs, doctrines, dogma or creeds. Otherwise, our... Continue Reading →
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲:⠀𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘭.⠀𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧... Continue Reading →
Those seemingly random questions that kids fire at us from time to time, serve as windows into their world. Their questions allow us a glimpse of what they might be processing in those little minds. They are nuggets of insight into what really matters to our kids at a point in time. As I lay... Continue Reading →
I asked God to deliver me from my fears. He did not. Instead, God delivered me from the fear of my fears. In that moment, I found myself. I found freedom. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.John... Continue Reading →
I’m probably not going to win ‘dad of the year’ award for making a tidied up play area a condition for feeding them lunch. But I’m afraid desperate times call for desperate measures! No one told me raising kids could be such a messy, stress inducing untidy affair! It’s so much more worse for a... Continue Reading →
In my lucid moments, when the mind is quietened, and the cares of this world held at bay, I know this to be true ... All my fountains are in God. My essence flows from the Divine. All my fountains are in you Father God. There his no other love, No other life. No other... Continue Reading →
A journey of 10 steps for Paul, could take Peter a 1000 steps to complete.That doesn't make Paul better, smarter or more special.It simply means we express the life in us differently. There is a time and a season for all. We are each required to walk to the measure of light or insight that... Continue Reading →
This journey started with a strong sense of myself, a strong sense of my calling, my passion and desire for God, for meaning and for purpose. Alas, what I found was a death sentence!Little 'me', 'my', 'I' was denied and allowed to die. Like a ship that sets sail from its home port (of self... Continue Reading →
I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. Acts 26:19 Walk true to the measure of light that you have been given.Work with what you have received. Grace and Providence will serve up the next, when you are ready. Don’t run with another’s dream, values or beliefs. Draw instead from the deep wells within you.... Continue Reading →
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