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At a recent prayer meeting I attended, we waited on the Lord for some time just to meditate on Him and his Word and to enjoy His presence.
When we finished, one lady shared that she had a lovely sense that God was dancing with her.
Now I realise that may seem a strange thing.  Firstly, I [...]

I received a letter of appeal the other day.  It was from an organisation that promotes the ethical treatment of animals and spoke of the dreadful cruelty cats and dogs commonly suffer as they are tortured and killed for their fur in China each year.
The letter was well written and made its point [...]

So far in this series on ‘Building up My Faith’, we have looked at the need to Call on God First, to Remember, to Choose to Believe and to Be Real.
This time I want to discuss something surprising about fear and unbelief and how that understanding this can reduce our stress.
There are [...]

Perhaps you’ve heard it said that ‘normal’ is a setting on the washing machine.  I think that’s about as much credit as the word deserves, especially when it comes to families.
What is ‘normal’ in one culture can be anathema in another culture.
What is ‘normal’ for one family in a culture can be [...]

Nearly 400 spam emails a day necessitated a change of email address.  As soon as the new address was ready, I set about notifying the people in my Contacts’ List.  However, I only managed to send one email with bcc’s to about 15 people when my new address would no longer ‘send’.  Unable [...]

My parents gave each of their three daughters two first names.  Lots of parents do that.  However, for some reason, my parents decided that each of us would be known by our second names - and most parents don’t do that.
Further to that, my second name was ‘Susan’, but my parents called me [...]

Go to Part 1 of this ‘Building Up My Faith’ series
We have to be real about where we are at in our ‘believing’.
The father who came asking Jesus to deliver his son from the torment of an evil spirit recognised an area of unbelief in his own heart.  ‘And immediately the father of the child [...]

In my earlier posts on ‘Building Up My Faith’, I shared how ‘Calling on God First’ and ‘Remembering’ have been keys for me when faced with life’s challenges.
In this, the third part in the series, I want to share about the need to choose to‘Believe’.
Everyone believes something, so, in one sense, ‘believing’ itself isn’t as [...]

In 2005, my husband and I, along with our two youngest children spent a week in Northern Ireland.  It was mid-summer and beautiful.  The green of the country was glorious, and the temperature was just right for getting out and about.
We stayed with friends who took time out to show us some of the [...]

In Part 1 of ‘Building Up My Faith’, I discussed our need to ‘Call on God’.   This in itself is an act of faith, as by it we declare our dependency on God.  Calling on God should not only be our first response when challenges arise, but should be our daily habit.  We [...]

If you’re like me, there will be times when you’re praying that you find your mind wandering.
I’ve asked the Lord to help me when this happens and to quickly pull my attention back to the issues at hand.  As a result, I definitely spend less time being distracted than I used to.
I have [...]

A few days ago I was reminded of an incident that occurred nearly 33 years ago.  To be honest, I can’t recall what it was that triggered my memory, but I well remember that long ago incident.
I was a young Mum at the time and expecting my second child.  I was nearing the end [...]

Milk - To Drink or Not to Drink?
My neighbour died a few weeks ago.
Until just two months before his death, he had enjoyed a healthy and active life.   In fact, he was still climbing trees to trim branches at age 95.
As much as everyone at the funeral was touched by his death, we had all [...]

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”  I’d be surprised if most of you hadn’t heard this statement before now.
There’s certainly truth in the statement.  The same situation that has one person crumble, brings another to pull themselves together and overcome tremendous odds.  The human spirit, when motivated strongly enough, can [...]

My first post on ‘The Case of the Missing Plug’ told of how I had thought the plug for our new laundry trough was missing and how I missed out on the benefits of using this plug for over seven years because of three attitudes:  Assumption, Ignorance and a ‘Make Do’ attitude.
In this [...]

Some friends and I went out to lunch the other day at a nearby shopping centre.  It was Easter Saturday, and the car parks were all but full, with many vehicles lined up waiting for a spot.  Instead of joining the queues, Sarah, our driver chose to go right to the back of the [...]