What John said....

Exit....

Saw this on the inside of a church door as I was leaving the building.... thought it was pretty top class....

Stir me.......

Last night was in bed and I read the below poem, in the beginning of a book by Dr Helen Roseveare... Its a dangerous Uncomfortable, Prayer... But I Love it.. Stir me.........

Stir Me

Stir me, O stir me, Lord, I care not how,
But stir my heart in passion for the world!
Stir me to give, to go, but most to pray;
Stir, till the blood-red banner be unfurl’d
O’er lands that still in heathen darkness lie,
O’er deserts where no cross is lifted high.

Stir me, O stir me, Lord, till all my heart
Is filled with strong compassion for these souls;
Till thy compelling Word drives me to pray;
Till thy constraining Love reach to the poles
Far north and south, in burning, deep desire,
Till east and west are caught in love’s great fire

Stir me, O stir me, Lord, Thy heart was stirred
By love’s intensest fire, till Thou didst give
Thine only Son, Thy best beloved ONE
E’en to the dreadful cross, that I might live.
Stir me to give myself back to Thee
That Thou canst give Thyself again through me.

Stir me, O stir me, Lord, for I can see
Thy glorious triumph-day begin to break!
The dawn already gilds the eastern sky:
Church of Christ, arise! awake! awake!
O stir us, Lord, as heralds of that day,
For night is past, our King is on His way!

Mrs. Albert Head

'While many sounds can hurt our ears. I think silence is the most painful, because it can hurt our hearts...' - Margeret Feinberg..

I am only one.....

'I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.'-
Helen Keller

Monday Morning Thought ! which is late.

If your not living on the edge, your taking up too much space. - Anon.

Always room for one more....

Yesterday was chatting to a customer in the bookshop where I work, about how people bash church. (Lets be honest, we all do it at some point, sometimes out of frustration and sometimes just because we are in a bad mood and its an easy target.)

He said to me, that when people moan and bash church and say things like 'Church is just a place full of hypocrites ' in front of him. He likes to reply ' yes it is and there is always room for one more'.

I love this.... He gave me permission to rob this, as he had robbed it from someone else.

Be part of his church. Saints need not apply!

This is your life.

Go find the Mystery..

' The Moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.' - Henry Miller.

Nature Rocks!!!

Listen to Audrey...

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Audrey Hepburn

Do You Want this ?

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me".

Erma Bombeck