Walking with God

London is having a mini-heatwave. It's 27C, which is boiling hot for me.  I'm hibernating indoors. I pray that it's cool tomorrow at the museum I'm working in tomorrow.  (I don't think they have air-conditioning). I will take my portable fan with me for support. Stay cool, unless you're into this kind of weather. 😎 Photo of my faithful companion, Fanny. ❤️

The agency I mostly work for notified us they were now going to be using this app to book jobs  We are also required to clock in and out using that app. When I arrived at work, I used the app to clock in.  It was the first time I was using the app with this client.  It was then it occurred to me that in the past when I've worked in a theatre and the event has finished early, the duty manager has released us and still paid us till the end of the shift.  If I finish early and clock out using this app, will I still get paid to the end of the shift? I asked the duty manager, but he wasn't sure.  He told me he would contact the appropriate department to find out.  When I didn't hear from the manager, I decided to email our agency, on behalf of all agency staff working at that company, to ask for their advice.  I noticed the agency had just sent us an email reminder about using the app to clock in and out.  So I responded to that email. The agency said ...

While I was waiting at this bus stop, a bus arrived. As it was terminating at that stop, this woman and her toddler (possibly aged between two and three years old) got off the bus. When the child walked near the edge of the pavement, she pulled him away and said, "Danger."  When my bus arrived, we all queued up to get on. I heard the woman repeating the word "danger" to her son. I believe because young kids seem to have no concept of danger, the mother was teaching her child that roads can be dangerous and you have to be careful.  Recently I was working at this museum where there were parents with lots of young kids in the play area. At one point, this man approached me and handed me a little board with two long sharp nails sticking out of it. Presumably, the board had come off something. "The kids have been playing with this, you know, and it's dangerous," the man said. "They might hurt themselves." I thanked him for bringing it to my attent...

One thing I find extremely tedious is shopping for clothes and I don't like window shopping. I only shop for clothes, shoes, cosmetics and accessories on a need to basis.  I also like going to charity shops as you can find really unusual items in them and the money goes to a good cause. Years ago, I found this reversible coat for £70. Apparently,  I would have paid £200 or more if it was brand new. Recently, I've been thinking that I need a new lightweight jacket for work as the ones I have are no longer suitable. I went to a charity shop near work, but I didn't see anything I liked. The next day, I kept thinking again that I need a new coat.  After I finished work I was thinking of popping into a local clothes shop, but I decided to come home instead. At home, my flatmate told me she has this lightweight jacket she hasn't worn in two years. She thought because I usually wear black to work, I might like it and it's a good brand. She also said she had just washed it....

While I was scanning visitors in at this event, the security guard inside the gallery asked me to wait a little while before letting any more visitors in as it was getting too crowded. I then asked the next three visitors if they could wait a little while as the gallery was now too full to let anyone in. One of them said, "Why should I have to wait? I'm a member!  You can't expect me to stand here!" I explained to her that it will only take a few minutes, but she was having none of it. I decided to let the member and her two companions in.  Some battles are not worth fighting. 😆 The art gallery member got me thinking of my own membership of the Body of Christ.  All Christians who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour have been given the right to become children of God.  (John 1: 12) With that membership comes lots of benefits, but you have to know what those benefits are and how to claim them.  That's why it's important to study the Bible to know what...

As I see it, British politics is a constant reenactment of William  Shakespeare's play,  "Julius Caesar." "Et tu, Brute'?" "Then falls Caesar." Nuff said! 😊 ---- Relevant Bible verses: "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:18 "That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun." Ecclesiastes 1: 9