Wise Words – Making Decisions

Proverbs // chapter two // Thanks for reading, I pray your heart will know the riches of wisdom as you read. The second chapter begins with two questions: “My child, will you treasure my wisdom? Will you accept my advice?” In reading this, it is God asking us if we will accept and treasure the …

Wise Living: Proverbs 2

This morning as I read Proverbs 2, I was reading with Bethany. She saved me from cbeebies early in the morning. Wait. It was too early for cbeebies – it was just the songs on repeat which Beth isn’t fond of. So we drank coffee (me) and milk (her). And talked. As she was playing …

Wise Living: Proverbs 1

I have always wanted to, started to, never finished a month of reading the book of Proverbs everyday. I have read it, dipped into it. But when I thought about February and what I can study this month I felt for sure it is wisdom. Real Wisdom. So turning to the ‘most wise man who …

Awoken with a song

I woke up this morning (finally, when I was ready – not at 12, 1, nor 2 when Ben was 😦 He wanted to talk to us about who was asleep – Beth? Abbit? Balloon? Oh. My. Ben, yes, the balloon is asleep!!) And as I really woke up I found myself singing in my …

I have all that I need

I have been thinking about what I want to do with my afternoons now Bethany is in school and Benjamin is asleep. It has taken 6 afternoons for me to have one to myself- and do my own thing. Unless you count the one where I fixed all my broken bracelets that my bbs broke …

One of those days?

Yesterday. Sigh. I had one lovely friend take me out in the morning. Thanks babe! And my sister came to ‘save me’ in the afternoon. But honestly, if it weren’t for that it was a pretty crazy day. 3 wake ups between 12-3 (am) with Beth. A very, very, very upset girly ALL the way …

What I’m reading/baking/doing/thinking

I’ve woken up before everyone else this Sunday morning, it’s been a relaxing Friday and Saturday so far. I realised I hadn’t done any ‘brain’ work so that must be the reason to wake up early. Yes the pot of coffee is in front of me. And no, it’s not lazy sunday – I opened …

Who does God Bless?

I was at Soul Survivor this Summer with 20 youth from our Church. One of the speakers was Mike Pilivachi. He spoke on who God chooses to bless. Here I want to post my notes from that meeting at SSA. Remember that most of the work is his, and I will write my own notes …

Encouraged by Romans Chapter 1

I have been reading Romans recently, and in the midst of packing for our epic camping trip. I have been trying to blog. Anyways. I hope you are blessed with this devotion. As I read through Romans, I was most impressed by Paul’s instruction to us to have faith. Great Faith! Romans 1:12, When we …

Hope

This weekend I was involved in so many children’s activities. Which came down to a LOT of hard work and preparation. A lot of preparation. I will always be over prepared when it comes to those events rather than under prepared. Now. It didn’t go as planned. One thing and another meant I had to …

Exciting, inspirational week!

Yesterday my friend took me out for breakfast. We usually go to Starbucks, but today I just didn’t feel it. (Remember, I’m a feeling person and I have to ‘feel like it’!) Good job we didn’t, as half of  Starbucks was destroyed, obviously refitting but Ben would have been into EVERYTHING! So, we found the …

Hebrews 1.

I was reading Hebrews earlier today. And felt there were some real truths in the first chapter. I am writing this as a study of the chapter. May the scripture resonate in your heart your identity and the truth about your life.  If you have insights into the verses comment below. Thanks xo  1IN MANY …

Sad/Happy

Yesterday morning. Nothing seemed to be going right 😦 You know. One of those mornings? Anyways. We got to preschool early, I waited in the car and enjoyed a song or two, then talked to some mums. One just went to the Women’s Hillsong Conference and told me about Judah Smith – HE IS AMAZING! …

Encouragement part 1: What is encouragement?

Here are some of my notes from my study on encouragement: To encourage is to: 1. To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence; hearten. 2. To give support to; foster: policies designed to encourage private investment. I have found a handful of ways that we can get encouraged as Christians: Acts 9:31 The church then …

Preaching.

I’ve been asked to preach on Sunday. It was meant to be at the end of the month, but was brought forwards. I am thrilled. I am taking every opportunity that comes my way. I’m looking forward to what God wants to say to His Church through me. Now, the only problem is I have …

So… I did it – you heard it first ;)

Hi blog readers, that’s a bit formal isn’t it? Hi friends! I have good news. Really good news. Did you read my previous post? About wanting to do something, but never doing it due to fear of failure. If not, read it. This will make a lot more sense 😉 So, one of my dreams …

May

The fifth month. I always like to write on my calendar a promise or a word for the month. This month I’m not getting anything yet. Last month I wrote: Extravagance, Breakthrough, Completion, Hope, Abundance And I ticked them off as I felt like we received answers. The only one waiting for a tick is …

Easter Bunnies. Gosh it’s a LOT more than that

For me, Easter isn’t about bunnies, bonnets, eggs, chocolate, Simnel cake or what not. It is about the ONE event that changed history. Two pieces of wood. Four nails. One Saviour. He did it for me. He did it for you. Jesus took the sin, the sickness, the pain, hurt and ‘all the bads’ as …

Bath City and The Cross

As you know, I spent the past weekend with my family in Bath. We stayed at the most divine and well equipped apartments I have ever seen! Ryan was co-leading worship at the Epidemic Life conference which was such a wonderful conference. So many young people passionate for God and making plans to stay in …

Accessorize-d

Almost 10 years ago I got a lovely Saturday job at Accessorize, Merry Hill Shopping Centre. I worked there for half of my Gap Year. Before heading to Toronto for the latter half – and then I went to Belarus (I know: totally different),  and from there I went to the absolutely beautiful and historic …