31/10/24 Yesterday Bill and I went to Calke for a long walk and stopped at the cafe. As I came to the last few bites of my delicious danish pastry I realised the enjoyment was about to end and I thought of the saying “All good things must come to an end”. I suppose this […]
Years ago the Lord said to me very specifically, “The first thing I want you to do is to pray”. I confess I have been rubbish at putting this into practice! So many other things in life have been a distraction and so time and time again I have had to ask forgiveness for not […]
by Maggie Browne 12/01/23 Abraham sends his servant back to the region he came from to fetch a wife for his son, Isaac. He was living among the pagan Canaanites who didn’t worship God so Abraham was keen to find for his son a believing wife from among his own people. He himself was too […]
What is your image of God? What do you think He is like? Is He far above sitting on a cloud, judging everything we do and say? Is He disappointed in us? Psalm 145:8 gives us an idea of His nature. “The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing […]
Sometimes I write verses from the Bible in my own words. It can be a helpful way of digesting them. Here’s how I paraphrased Psalm 91:9-13. “If you trust in the almighty God to protect you, and dwell with Him in close communion, nothing evil will get through to you, no trouble will be able […]
01/12/20 Recently someone said to me “ We’re just existing”. I nodded in agreement but then afterwards realised that wasn’t really true. If we have Christ in us, then we are more than “existing” despite the lockdowns, the restrictions, the strange new way of everyday living. It’s a question of perspective. Also what am I […]
Matthew 2:3 says “When Herod the king heard this, he was disturbed and troubled, and the whole of Jerusalem with him.” This was the news about the prophesied birth of Jesus who would be King of the Jews. Herod felt threatened by a new king to take his place but what about the people? They […]
