Waiting can be so painful. Crushing. The weight of hopes not yet met can be leaden. It can feel as if you have no autonomy over your life and nothing will ever change. It can feel as if without what you are waiting for, life halts and ceases to progress. Waiting or rather the…
Time mocks me like the impish will-o’-the-wisp: “Places to be, things to see.” Tempting, taunting, twirling me into the gloaming. Hurry enchants like the salacious siren’s song: “So much to do, so little done.” Lilting, laughing, luring me into the foaming. Waiting dwells in a secret sunny glen. “Come apart; rest a while.” Still, silent,…
As a child, hearing that dreaded word—‘wait’—was like receiving childhood torture. You had no control over it. It usually carried connotations of wasting time, being bored out of my mind, missing out on something I wanted, or missing out on doing anything! However, this inevitable word is a part of life, and I know I’m…
It’s dark, it’s quiet. I’m all alone, can’t go home. I worry, I fear, But the Lord is near. All my dreams and hopes Flash past like a skipping rope. I’m afraid to loose what I love, But you bring peace like a dove. Everyone feels like a mile away, But you O Lord are…
Stain glass windows have long since been a feature in many architectural designs, and mainly remembered for their presence in Gothic cathedrals and churches. Brilliant colours and glass shapes depict stories and characters of moral or religious value. Expensive to commission and timely to both design and build, stained glass ornamentation is but a supporting…
When someone says ‘Halloween’, I think of a carved pumpkin’s zig-zagging smile. I see mini ghosts haunting through the cut-out eyes of their years-old bedsheets. I picture a suburban American neighbourhood accosted by fake spiderwebs and witch garden gnomes, and I hear kids brag about their sugary treasures. Part of me was always sad when…
Last Christmas our extended family went camping, which is something we often do together. (And by camping, I really mean ‘glamping’! Sometimes we literally take the kitchen sink!) We were camping in tents by the beach, in the dunes, doing a mixture of adventuring and relaxing. Everything was going great, until one night. That night,…
The Word of God has been a powerful influence in my life, and these are a few reasons why. It is constant and does not change. What God said 1000 years ago is still valuable advice today, and I can rely on it to help guide my life. In an age of constant change and…
Next week we are moving house and our lives. Between now and then I need to physically dig up the bulbs that I have planted here and put them in either pots or a box ready to take with me to my new life. I feel paralysed. I am looking for self-soothing activities and avoiding…
God, When I cried out in anguish You brought relief. Peace, where there shouldn’t have been. In my lowest moments, You did not leave my side And the one time I feared I had pushed You too far away. Still, You were there, even then. Your love is unmatched. And Your eye is ever on…