Bible Thoughts
Do you have freedom?
People talk a lot about freedom the right to have free access, free choice, freedom of worship, free speech. It is a concept valued - but not always enjoyed - by most people across the world. But what is freedom exactly - the right to do as we like? What about laws that limit our freedom age …
What are you hoping for?
A change of job? A new car? Moving house? It maybe that your personal circumstances mean you are hoping for better health or more security for the ones you love. Individuals also have concerns about the world in which we live, and hope for an end to violence, famine, homelessness, poverty, and …
How does your garden grow?
Do you like gardens? Do you like to visit gardens and appreciate the work that others have put in? Do you like to work in a garden, enjoying the challenge of taming the weeds and tending the plants? The poet Dorothy Gurney wrote a poem called 'God's Garden' and the last few lines are wel…
Lost and Gone
Are you always losing things? Keys? Pens? Socks? We've all done it. It's just one of those irritating things of everyday life which makes us late while we try to locate the things we need because we carelessly discarded them the last time we used them. What about losing something more valua…
Here we go again!
The start of another New Year. We love the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start again don't we? Forget what went wrong last year. It'll be much better this year! I'm not going to make the same mistakes again. This is a fresh start in my life. Then there are those dreaded words w…
Not just for Christmas!
We are all familiar with the slogan 'A dog is for life. Not just for Christmas!' written in an attempt to stop people buying pets for Christmas presents and then abandoning them soon after because they need a lifetime of care and attention. Some of us treat Jesus a bit like that. We take hi…
Mirror mirror on the wall
When we get out of bed in the morning one of the very first things we do is look in the mirror, usually in great trepidation, wondering whether we have the time and ability to create order out of the havoc that a night of sleep has caused! The reflection in the mirror is the closest we get to seeing…
One step, two steps
Babies have to learn many life skills in their first year or so of life. One of the biggest things they learn to do is stand up on their own and walk. Watching a youngster try this is both exciting and amusing. Parents watch with delight as their child takes those first few stumbling steps. Graduall…
I am always with you
A couple of months ago, I was driving to a friend’s house. It was a really foggy, misty morning. It felt dark and gloomy and depressing. As I drove however, the mist started to clear. Light began to pierce through the fog, and gradually the darkness and gloominess had been replaced with…
How much do you know?
Do you think it is possible to know everything? Of course we've all met people who think they do! But is the human brain capable of knowing everything? It is amazing how much some of the world's very clever people do know but even the world's most powerful computers don't know everyt…
Feast or Famine
'Enough is as good as a feast' the saying goes. We should feel satisfied with a sufficient quantity of food or anything else for that matter, so that we don't need any more. We've all heard about the statistics that tell us that while rich countries in the West are throwing away surp…
All by myself
Do you enjoy time on your own? Some peace and quiet to be yourself to do what you want? Some people call this solitude - precious time to oneself. Others call it loneliness. They hate always being by themselves, never having anyone to talk to or anything different happening. The walls they sit in fe…
Do you have space in your heart that Jesus could fill?
So often discussions on religious subjects focus on aspects that we understand in our heads from what we have read and heard, and maybe discussed with others. These discussions revolve around evidence, be that archaeological, or to do with prophecy or history, or from the Bible or other writin…
No Change
We live in a constantly changing world. How often do we complain that nothing ever stays the same? Just as we get used to how something works it is updated or modernised and we have to learn how to use it all over again. This is particularly true of our modern technological age. People change too. …
Peace, be still!
Have you ever stood on a cliff looking out to sea? On a windy day it crashes and smashes against the rocks showing its frightening power and energy. On a hot sunny summer's day it is calm with no waves breaking on its surface. So peaceful and inviting. Our lives are like the sea. Sometimes they…
Tick Tock
Everything these days is either too fast or too slow. The traffic is too fast if you're trying to cross the road or two slow if you're late for an appointment. Time spent with special friends flies by too fast. Time spent on your own goes far too slowly. Holidays whizz by. Have we got to wai…
Be like a Child
There is an interesting set of verses in Matthew that talks about how we should be like children - Matt 18:1-5 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and…
As a man thinks so is he
The Bible says, As a man thinks so is he’. How we think governs what we say and do and how we speak and act. And how we think depends on what we allow to enter our eyes and ears and on the company we keep. We are so easily drawn to what is self-indulgent, titillating, c…
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