Walking with God

In preparation for an event I was going to be working at, where they were expecting over 50,000 visitors, I thanked God in advance for His strength to keep me going and for making every day easy, fun and wonderful. I was inspired to meditate on the Bible verses where Jesus asks us to cast our cares and burdens on Him and He will give us His burden which is light. (See Bible verses below). It got me thinking that the things that limit us are matter, time and space. Where there is none of those, you are only left with light. Light is boundless, free and limitless. Is it any wonder whyJesus said His burden is light? As we had been warned that the area of the exhibition hall where I was going to be working would be chlly, I made sure I had layers on. While I was on my break, I met a friend who was also working at the event. When she held my hands, she told me they were freezing and said I must be cold. I told her I was fine. A few minutes later, I bumped into one of the managers. I said to...

After work, I stopped off at a store to do my weekly grocery shopping. I then caught the train home. At my stop, lots of people got off. As I was walking up the stairs with my bags of shopping, I lost my balance and tripped on the stairs and fell and I instinctively put my free  hand out to protect my face from hitting the step. Suddenly, I felt two arms lifting me up - one from a woman on my left and the other from a man on my right. Both of them asked me if I was okay. I said I was and thanked them.  The man said, "It's been a long week." I said "It's been a long day." On the way home, I  thanked God for working through the people who had lifted me up. As I kept thanking Him, the pain I had been feeling in my hand and knees melted away. By the time I arrived home, there was no physical evidence of my fall, there was only the memory of God's love. When I shared my experience with my flatmate, she said it's a shame we tend to focus on the bad things ...

During my lunch break and on the way to the staff room, I saw a colleague.  The last time I saw her was probably a year ago when we worked at an event. Her:  You are looking so beautiful. Me: Thank you. So are you. I do have a new man in my life. Her: I knew there was something different about you,  you are glowing and you look so happy. Me: Actually, the man I'm talking about is Jesus. He's the One I've been looking for my entire life. I finally found Him. Her: I have Him in my life too. Me: Well, I don't mind sharing Him with you. Her:  He gives us love... Me: And peace and in Him is eternal joy. Her: Yes. After we finished our conversation, we gave each other warm hugs. Thank you, Jesus, for being the One. ❤️  ---- Relevant Bible verses:  "You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16: 11 "And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hun...

Sometime last year, two stray cats started coming to us for food. One looked old and was very skinny. The other one looked young and his miaow was so loud and annoying I called him Loudmouth.  My flatmate reckoned they had been abandoned after their owners had moved away. I was thinking of calling an animal shelter to come and get them, but my flatmate advised against it. She said animal shelters are now so stretched (in terms of resources) that after they take the stray to the vet to have it microchipped and vaccinated, they return the stray to the person who reported it.  She  said she was once forced to look after several stray cats that the shelter couldn't accommodate.  I prayed for God to give both cats loving homes. When the stray cats kept coming, we fed them occasionally.  I didn't like Loudmouth as he would come through the window and eat Zeus' food and I would have to chase him out. The older cat always stayed outside. After a while, the older cat sto...

A week ago, while I was travelling on the Elizabeth Line, which goes via Heathrow Airport, I wondered if it stopped at all the terminals. On the train this morning, I sat in front of this couple. They were chatting about places they were going to in London. I asked them if they were on a day trip to London. They said they lived in a town outside of London and were going to meet their son who was taking them to some tourist attraction I'd never heard of.  They asked me if I was going to work and I said I was. I said after I get off the train, I was going to catch the Elizabeth line. I asked them if they had ever used that line. The man said as he has an office in Europe, he often travels on that line to Heathrow Airport to catch his flight.  I asked him if the Elizabeth line goes to all the terminals. He said no, you have to catch the tube to the other terminals. Before I got off, I wished my friends well. A week ago when I had that random thought, I could easily have looked up...

As I'm off today, I decided to attend a service at a local church. There was someone there with a dog, a little terrier. That's the first time I've ever seen a dog in a church. It was very well behaved.   I notced the dog didn't go forward for communion. He probably would be whining if he was offered wine. 😊