There are many voices in the world vying for our attention. Some encourage, some discourage, like the voice of a loving mother singing soothingly to calm her child to sleep. Likewise, there is a voice of encouragement seeking to calm and give us the courage to engage meaningfully in 2024. We choose every day which…
It grips me, Shaking me right to the core. Blocking out everything Else so I can only Focus on IT. The world seems to be Going by in a blur. While I freeze, hovering. Waiting. Hoping the moment will pass. All I can see is the Edge and what appears To be a misty, dingy…
‘I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.’ Psalm 139:14 (NIV) On September 15th, 2021 my life changed. It didn’t feel like it had, but four words would alter the plans I had in mind for the foreseeable future. ‘You have Hodgkin lymphoma’.…
In the midst of it. Rain dripping off the roof. Birds singing in the yard. Thoughts racing to and fro. Minutes ticking into hours. In the midst of it. Words fading into distant memories, voices falling into echoes. Stillness settling in, in the midst of it, arms seem to enfold in the aching, in the…
In a world of political, religious and social turmoil, what do you need in order to have peace? Good friends? A vacation? Safety and security? Good family? The majority of the time we think our lives have to meet these criteria so that we can truly feel at peace. Newsflash! Life will never be that…
If you struggle to experience real peace, join the club. Peace is one of those things that I’ve never really found easily in my life. It seems to be something that I’m always fighting for, chasing after or tracking down. Peace has always been foreign and elusive. Peace was just not in me or anywhere…
It was early one morning in November I was on my way home from a sleepover shift as a support worker when I received a call from my husband saying he was not feeling well & had gone home from work. I immediately knew something was not right. Steven (my husband) rarely had a day…