heavenly

' The heavens are telling the glory of God.' Ps 19:1

A great deal of God's creation could be called the glory of God but I think none surpasses the heavens. Most times when we look upward we can be in a moment of experiencing God's glory.

The predawn silence in oneness with God, the glorious colourful sunrise of pastel colours blue, pink orange, clouds tinted, mountains tipped. The sunset, Oh did you see last nights? Black voluminous clouds filled the horizon and were ablaze with brilliant orange. Then I look to the heavens in the evening and am left in a stare of mystery and awe. Millions and millions of stars in a velvet sky that just goes on and on to a distance beyond our imagination and in it all is the revelation of the Glory of God.

(Stanislau Kennedy) The (night) sky- -we are immersed in mystery, an immense mystery.

Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ

Anne

blessings

'..........see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down an overflowing blessing.' Mal 3:10 (paraphrased)

Blessings are so special.

The small child who puts his hand in yours, unexpectedly.

Seeing the complete, bright rainbow after a storm.

The smile of an elderly person

Seeing the joy of achievement for one with disability.

Looking at a glorious view

Seeing the tiniest of blue wrens in the garden.

I ask myself what is a blessing and I answer, something that gives you goosebumps, something that makes you feel warm and happy inside, because it comes from God.

Be blessed by many things today.

Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Anne

water wells

' Who ever drinks this water will get thirsty again: but whoever drinks the water that I shall give will never be thirsty again.' John 4:14

I remember as a small child peering down this great hole in the ground as my uncle swung a bucket on a rope down into its depths to get some water. It was the first well I had ever seen and I was fascinated with the fact that if we dig deep enough we will find water, life giving water. I have never forgotten the memory of him drawing that life giving water from the well, the source of life.

After the woman at the well received her drink from Jesus she then became a well for others to drink from. (John 4:39)

Macrina Wiederkehr says: Look for wells along the way and be such a well for others to find.

Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Anne

wide wide as the ocean

'As the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the Lord' (Habakkuk 2:14)

I was reading these statistics:

There is approximately 326 million trillion gallons of water on the earth and 98% of that is in the oceans. Habakkuk, the prophet compares God's glory to water that fills the sea. That's one heck of a lot of God's glory.

How often do you think about the glory of the Lord and try and take in its magnitude, its richness, its blessings. Next time you walk on the beach and paddle in the sea reflect on Habakkuk's words and have that sense of the glory of the Lord.

Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ

Anne

All for Jesus

'May the mind of Christ my Saviour live in me from day to day' TIS 609

I looked across the vineyard that had been pruned and was now in lush growth, vibrant, alive and ready to produce fruit. when I look at the seasons of the vineyard and Jesus stories about vineyards I am always filled with hope and assurance.

One of the elderly ladies at the aged care facility Communion service, who has dementia, started in the middle of prayers to softly sing in the most loveliest of voice: 'May the love of Jesus fill me as the waters fill the sea.' What sacred ground we were on as the room seemed to fill with the Spirit of God. What assurance, what hope I was filled with. Season after season in her long life she still comes back to the source of her being and the ability to bring Christ to others.

May the mind of Christ our Saviour live in us always.

Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ

Anne