Reflections and Musings

  • Be challenged – Bible verse for today.

    Be challenged – Bible verse for today.

    God, help me to do everything for your glory! Because of your goodness towards me, I want everything I do, be be a testimony of your grace and faithfulness to me. At home, at work, in my hobbies, down time and busy times, what I watch, read and listen to…may they all remind me what… Read more

  • Be encouraged – Bible verse for today

    Be encouraged – Bible verse for today

    Search me, God. Not my neighbour, not my brother or sister, not the man on the street…search ME! In and out, through and through, leave nothing un-turned. See into all the hidden places, the corners of my mind I try to camouflage. Know my heart – my deepest desires, deepest hurts, the things that drive… Read more

  • The Journey Home – The Prodigal

    The Journey Home – The Prodigal

    Unsettled, jealous and selfishThinking only of my future, satisfaction and desires.Needing to go my own way now.Desperate I plead for my inheritanceTo spend it on my own selfish desires. Travelling where I want to goWherever I think best.The future is mine, no thought of others.Selfish and evil,I make my own way, in my own strength.… Read more

  • Finding Jesus

    Finding Jesus

    The Bible has many verses that talk about seeking and finding Jesus! It can often be the most often asked question, and the answer is quite simple. Seek Jesus with everything you have, and you will find Him. You will find him everywhere. In the sunset, in a friend’s encouragement to you, in your quiet… Read more

  • May the Lord bless you and keep you

    May the Lord bless you and keep you

    “The Blessing” is a song that has touched me recently, and again today. My identity is tied up very strongly with my God, my family and my country. Aotearoa – New Zealand, land of the long white cloud. How I love this place, and how I love the people, our tangata whenua. This arrangement has… Read more

  • Anxious Heart

    Anxious Heart

    People rushing here and thereEndless to do listsAppointments and errandsRequestsNo time to be stillNo time to listenTo the still small voice.Feeling trapped in our own countryLike a fish in a pond.UncertaintyAnxietyOut of our control.Feeling tight and spinningWound up My God says, ‘Be still’My work says ‘Get it done’My family says, ‘please can we..’My church says,… Read more