Kingdom building

At the works of your hands I sing for joy. Psalm 92:4

I was reflecting on my day ahead  and how I thought about the tasks before me. Some of my thoughts were a' glass half full,' or is it 'half empty!'  Our attitude and how we see our purpose in life has a lot to do with how we go about our daily life, about how we see things, how we do things, especiall how we see our attitude with God and our journey as followers of Jesus. I read ths profound saying:  Two stone cutters were asked what they were doing. The first said, ' I am cutting this dammed stone into blocks.' The second replied,' I am on a team building a cathedral.'  How do you approach your daily life?

May the peace of God fill your life every single day.  Anne, servant of the Lord.

                                                         St Saviours Cathedral

The gift of nothing

Come, let us with our Lord arise..........this is the day the Lord has made, that all may see his love displayed. TIS 375 paraphrased.

 I love the words, 'just lose yourself in me and find my love,' for that is what happens when we take ourselves off to our sacred space to just 'be' with God because, for me, that is where God's given treasures are seen, in the stillness and quiet amongst the garden of emerging spring where there are pockets of quiet and fragrant beauty and the breeze is 'singing' gently through the trees.' O, to give the first hour of the morning to God, it belongs to him, just breathe it in and enjoy the gift of nothing.

May your sacred space fill you with God's love.   Anne, servant of the Lord.

                                       A sacred space.

Dwell in the house of the Lord.

 One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek; that I may dewll in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord. Psalm 27:4

Sometimes the best things in life are those nearest to us. The crispness of the morning frost letting us know we are alive; the frozen dew drops on the tips of a leaf, hanging,suspended, paused, frozen in the moment; the weak sunlight pushing through the fog creating those moments of  haunting beauty; the Daphne at the front door that really knows how to charm with its deep, sweet perfume that takes you back in time to grandma's garden; a day ahead prayed in and over, full of challenges and promises, adventure and delights, hand in hand with your best friend, Jesus. Robert Louis Stevenson said: 'The best things are the nearest, the breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at hand and the path of God before you.'

As you bless me with light at the sunrises rising,shine on me now with love.  Anne, servant of the Lord.

                                      The Daphne takes me back in time

In the presence of the Lord

 Be  still for the presence of the Lord  is moving in this place. (Hymn)

This is the feel I have when I go and sit in my sacred space - the presence of the Lord. Its a sence of the Spirit there which affirmes even more that the first hour of the morning when I am present  that it  belongs to God and I ponder at times if I dont go to my sacred space would God be waiting there in expectation?  Pre dawn is such a blessed time, deep in the fading darkness comes sights and sounds of light and life and I can 'be' and just 'be.' letting go of any of my plans for the day as the light gently paints the morning sky and the stars slip away. May you have a sense of God's deep presence in your sacred  space.

Jahovah Shalom - the Lord is peace.     Anne, servant of the Lord.

                                                    A blessed time.