Reflections
The Blind Side
When a Nashville friend of mine discovered Facebook – the first group she joined was entitled thus
“If you love a Southern woman raise your glasses; if you don’t, raise your standards.”
As I watched the Blind Side, that statement rang through my head repeatedly. The Blind Side recounts the true story of Michael Oher, now footballer [...]
The Princess and The Frog
I am not into the Princess thing, but I have two preschool daughters so I am hardly going to avoid it. I’m just accepting it as a phase that too will pass. But it was a no brainer that I was taking them to see the Princess and the Frog.
I’d heard a few negatives about [...]
Ebenezer
Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it “Ebenezer” (Rock of Help), saying, “This marks the place where God helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12
The day is done. Thanksgiving is over. We’ve had a day to look around the table and be grateful for what we have, to [...]
Revolutionary Road
Last night we sat down to watch Revolutionary road. It’s a film set in 1950’s America’s , where a young couple Frank and April Wheeler( played magnificently by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) with full of high hopes and expectations for their lives slowly, let eventually come undone, with ultimately devastating consequences.
Frank and April dreamed [...]
Running
“Don’t you realise that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:24-25
So I guess this is one of [...]
Come To Me
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28–30
This is one of [...]
Marvellously Made
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvellously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
Psalm139:14 MSG
This weekend’s Guardian newspaper (UK) featured an article about some models, who were healthy and glowing. Yet what struck me most was the understanding in the fashion world that UK size 12 and 14 (US 8 – 10) [...]
Lord, if you are willing…
“While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean” (Luke 5:12 TNIV).
This man’s condition completely defined his life. He was socially alienated, isolated and [...]
Realities
“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honour at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ [...]
Life Laundry
In recent weeks I’ve been inspired/challenged/convicted/whatever to do a “life laundry” and get rid of the clutter in our home. There are toys the girls no longer play with, clothes we don’t wear, paper that simply needs recycling and things we have no use of anymore that we need to say goodbye to. It’s an [...]
One Foot In Front Of The Other.
It’s been a crazy summer with lots of great times, but also lots of challenges.
How do you navigate your way through the mad times? This summer has been one of those times! There have been fearful moments – the health scare, sitting in a doctor’s office wondering if a diagnosis was about to rock my [...]
When A Dream Comes True.
“If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, then we need not weep like Alexander the Great that we have no more worlds to conquer. There is [...]
Broken Dreams.
After the dream has gone.
Rosalyn Carter (wife of President Jimmy Carter) wrote: “If we have not achieved our early dreams, we must either find new ones or see what we can salvage from the old. If we have accomplished what we set out to do in our youth, then we need not weep like Alexander [...]
Called to the God Adventure.
The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”
Gen 12:1
One question has dominated my thinking this summer: Am I living for safety or adventure?
It began by watching a DVD of a man called Edwin Friedman (1932 – 1996), a rabbi, [...]
The Summer Review.
In the next few weeks you’ll see a new look Everywoman site. You’ll meet new writers, new topics, some great new articles and more stories of ordinary lives in the hand of an extraordinary God.
But before we launch into a new thing, we’re going to have a summer review. God’s spoken to us over the past [...]
Building
‘No-one can lay any other foundation than the one we already have – Jesus Christ. Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials – gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw. But on judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if [...]
I remember you.
“Mama”, asked Tia, “Do you remember the day I was born?”
DO I remember? I remember. How could I possibly forget and why would I ever want to? I remember the first time I saw her, face to face. Her feet, her hair, her scent. My baby.
I replied “Tia, I remember and it was the most [...]
Today
I’m not a great fan of surprises, nor a huge fan of wiry grey hair. So imagine my deep joy when my beloved hairdresser Shirley told me I had at least 4 new silver offerings since my last visit. It had only been TWO WEEKS.
Perhaps I shouldn’t care, but I did. I was about to [...]
Together.
Near our lodge, up in the pines, was a huge pile of long chopped logs, stacked high. The rings at the heart of each log tell a story; the years they’d been around. Certain logs were riven with deep cracks, some that were shape altering. Others had bark that was stripped and bare and broken. [...]
God’s hand.
“You hem me in – behind and before;
You have laid your hand on me”
Psalm 139:5
God’s hands at work conjure up many images for me. They’re the hands of a father, holding his child close. They’re the hands of a deliverer, breaking chains. They’re the hands of a savior, nailed to blood stained wood. Though [...]
