In Luke 13:10-17, we encounter the woman with the ‘disabling spirit’. Living this way for 18 years, I don’t doubt that she’d often felt alone and isolated. Surrounded by people perhaps, but not truly understood, and maybe not even truly seen.
But God.
Those two words again. Two words which change everything.
Read MoreUsually glib sounding statements (at least to me) like ‘be the change you want to see’, became drivers to me. I turned tears around and got to work on what had previously been a hobby of mine – writing words and sharing them online…
Read MoreUsually glib sounding statements (at least to me) like ‘be the change you want to see’, became drivers to me. I turned tears around and got to work on what had previously been a hobby of mine – writing words and sharing them online…
Read MoreThe place where carrying out calling is a ‘no matter what’ COMMITMENT, as opposed to a ‘when I get around to it’ CONVENIENCE…
Read MoreWe don’t get to a point where we ‘make it’ and then decide to let God know that we’ve got it from here. That’s not the point of our existence. God isn’t simply a crutch for our weak moments, only to be forgotten about in moments of strength – far from it.
Read MoreYou see, at High School, I was the girl that had the perfectly colour-coded revision timetable with literally a thousand good intentions about how I was going to be the best ‘reviser’ in the land. I knew when, I knew how, I knew what, and I knew where. But when it cam to actually, you know, sitting down to DO the thing I’d do perfectly planned for – that was more tricky.
Good intentions don’t get results. Imperfect ACTION does.
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