Walking with God

When I got on the bus, I went to sit upstairs as the lower deck was already full. The only window seats still available upstairs were at the back so I sat in one. As the journey progressed, lots of school kids came on and the bus became packed full. At the last stop we all started queueing up in the aisle. I let this man who was in the seat in front of me get in front of me to join the queue. As the queue moved forward, I let this woman in the next seat get in front of me. The woman let another passenger in front join the queue; and that passenger let the next passenger get in front of him; and so on. We all walked down the stairs. As I was getting off, I said thank you to the bus driver.  I heard someone behind me also saying thank you to the driver. Thank you, God, for our transport system in London and for all the kind and considerate passengers who travel on them. ❤️

This is a tail, I mean, tale of two cats:  a stray cat and one that has a home. The stray cat, called, Loudmouth is free to come and go as he pleases, but that freedom comes at a huge price. He has no home, no one to take care of him, and lives in constant fear. He gets food by either sneaking into people's homes to steal food or relies on the kindness of strangers to feed and pet him. (My flatmate regularly feeds him and I feed him occasionally). As soon as he's finished eating, he's off to his life of freedom.  In inclement weather, Loudmouth has to find a shelter somewhere. If Loudmouth is injured or sick, there's no one to take him to the vet or take care of his injuries unless someone decides to call a cat charity organisation.   Unlike Loudmouth, Zeus  (my flatmate's cat) has a home where he is loved and safe. While Zeus is relatively free to come and go, he has to abide by certain house rules: his mum keeps him indoors at night and when it's too cold or w...

On my way to work, I was very aware that my pants (underwear) were feeling very uncomfortable undernearh my trousers. As I had a lot of time before my shift started, I decided to pop into this store, which is renowned for their great lingerie. I chose a packet of four underwear in my size and preferred style and headed off to the ladies' toilet to remove the annoying pants and wear the new ones. I then chucked the old underwear in the bin. When I put my trousers back on, I noticed I was still having the same issue.  Give me a break!  That's my size and this style is supposed to fit nicely.  I couldn't return them  as I had already used one of them. I will just have to put up with it for now. The next day, I had the same issue with another underwear that was perfect before. Either the underwear has shrunk or my bum has gone bigger. While I was out, I stopped off at another store to buy some underwear my size and style. After I changed into them, they seemed quite smal...

When some people hear that I work in museums, galleries and theatres, they think I am "lucky" to be around artefacts; and get to see lots of art exhibitions, great masterpieces and many shows for free.  I would say yes and no. Let me address the "no" part first.  As a Christian, my world view is totally different from the world of the contents and artefacts in those places. So I have to protect myself from those ideas.  When I first started working at this particular museum, a colleague and I went into this gallery to see the artefacts, but I wasn't feeling comfortable around them. That night, I had a dream where I was being stabbed in my heart. This happened twice.  After calling on the name of Jesus, it stopped and I woke up. Later, while I was sharing my dream with my colleague, the duty manager overheard our conversation and asked me if I had been around the artefact that had nails. He said people still come to worship it. After that, I never went to that ga...

Recently, Prince Harry and Meghan (the Duke and Duchess of Sussex) and their two children returned from America to live in the UK. King Charles has made it very clear that Harty and Meghan will not be allowed to carry out royal duties or use their HRH titles as they have chosen to live as private citizens.  In other words, they can't be half in and half out.  They're either going to represent the royal family 100% and abide by the royal household rules or do their own thing.  Harry and Megan's dilemma reminds me of what it means to live as a born again Christian.  The essence of Christianity is crucifying your self and allowing Christ to live in you. (Galatians 2: 20).  In other words, you no longer have a life of your own, you are representing Christ according to His teachings in thought, word and deed. While King Charles isn't going to disown his son, Harry, and his family, he's not going to allow them to enjoy the benefits of being in the royal household. Sim...

In my job, I work with a lot of kids.  Sometimes, I work in the soft play area, which is very controlled as we have certain rules that the kids and parents have to abide by. The kids only have a certain amount of time to play before we have to call time and finish that session and start the next one. Some of the parents look very awkward as you can tell they've forgotten how to play.  One time, while I was laying down the rules of the play area, I was reminded of Seven, from Star Trek Voyager, when she said  "Fun will now commence," and it made me chuckle. 😀 🖖 VOY: "Ashes to Ashes", S6, E18