Walking with God

In the news, there's a story about this Australian family (a mother and her three children) whose paddleboards and kayak were swept out to sea. The mum asked the eldest (13 year old) son, Austin, to swim 4km to get help. According to news reports, the boy swam for four hours, then ran 2 km to the nearest phone to get help. His family was then rescued. While the newspapers have been portraying the boy as a hero, I've been wondering whether the boy believed in God. In the attached video, Austin is describing what he was thinking of while he was swimming.  "I was thinking of all my friends at school, friends in my Christian youth." (6.29) Aha, Austin mentions "Christian youth" which means he has been brought up in the Christian faith. At 9.43 of the video, Austin continues,  "I don't think it was me that actually did it. I was thinking of God the whole time. I kept on praying, I kept on praying and I said to God, "I'll get baptised, I'll g...

 (Previously posted on Facebook on 4.2.2023) "Bless the Lord, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word." Psalm 103: 20 “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” Ephesians 5: 14 ---- Many years ago when I was into the New Age, there was this obsession  about seeing 11:11, which I noticed quite a lot.  The belief among "light workers" was that whenever you see these numbers, it's a reminder from the angels to wake you up from your spiritual "sleep." As a believer in and follower of Christ, I know real angels of God do not operate that way, they act only on God's Word. (Psalm 103: 20)  So where did the belief in 11:11 as a sign to wake up come from? Well, in the Bible (Gospel of John chapter 11), Jesus is sent a message that his dear friend, Lazarus, is sick. Jesus waits several days before he decides to visit Lazarus (who by then was now dead and buried). This is what Jes...

Usually when my flatmate's cat, Zeus, is ready to come back in and the windows are shut, he sits outside and waits for one of us to let him in.  (We don't have a cat flap). One day Zeus had a cat brainwave: "I can make myself look bigger and more conspicious by sitting on the fence. That would grab my humans' attention." The first time I saw Zeus sitting on the fence, I was so startled I thought it was a black panther. Then I realised it was our little black panther, Zeus. Before going out, I went into the kitchen to get some drink. I noticed the local stray cat I have named Loudmouth sitting on the fence. He'd obviously been studying Zeus and thought he would mimic Zeus's behaviour to get our attention. While Loudmouth did get my attention and I took his photo, I had no intention of letting him in as he is a stray cat. When Loudmouth started coming round (after he had obviously been abandoned), I was going to call the local animal shelter to find him a ne...

While I was working at this museum, I noticed a look of wonder on this visitor's face. I asked her if she was enjoying the museum. She said she was overwhelmed by the art and the beauty of the house.  She also said she loved the old furnishings. I said it was like time travelling. She told mr she worked as an interior designer and has just finished designing this historical home. "Can I show you something?" the woman said. "Of course." She pulled out her phone and showed me a photo of a triangular table with three legs which was part of the decor of the historical home she  was working on. She said while she was browsing on the Web, the first photo that came up was a photo of another triangular table that costs thousands of Euros. It got me thinking about a photo I had taken two days before of an arrow on the bus lane, which looked like a person with a triangular head. (See photo attached) I then showed the visitor the photo I had taken of the "person"...

From time to time, when the postman comes to deliver our letters and parcels, he drops elastic bands on the floor. Yesterday I had a need for an elastic band. On the way out, I looked outside our front door and in the corridor, but there was not one in sight. Today, while I was at home, I heard a knock on the front door. It was the postman delivering a parcel and some letters. I asked him if he had any spare elastic bands. He said he didn't have any on him, but he had some in his van. He asked me how many I needed. I said just one. He promised to come back and push it through the letter box. Five minutes later, I heard a knock on the front door. It was the postman again and his hands were filled with elastic bands.  Wow, thank you so much. God always meets our needs above and beyond. ❤️ ----- Relevant Bible verses: "The Lord is my Shepherd,  I shall not want." Psalm 23: 1 "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according t...

While the bus I was on was waiting at this traffic light, I looked outside and noticed this person sticking out their tongue at someone. At least that's what the arrow on the bus lane looked like to me. Joy is everywhere. 😀