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

Seminar Slap....

Yesterday I went to an all day conference workshop thingy to do with Drugs and substance abuse. Jackie Pullinger was speaking and there was a few different seminars with different aspects of substance abuse discussed etc etc.

When I go to these things, I am always really wary, because I love getting taught and challenged,(I just get quite heated with one man, saying Abstinence to drink for everyone...Errr No! but anyway) and we got prayed for, but I also get annoyed at everyone just chatting about it, me included....

On the lunch break, just by the church their is a pub and as I Walked by (quickly went to the shop to buy supplies of choc and sweets to get me through the afternoon) there is a guy there holding some alcohol standing quite wasted , and I walk on by him in a rush, I give him a smile and a acknowledgement, but don't really make a huge effort to talk to him, as I am in a rush to get back to the seminar which is talking about Drink and drug abuse....

Is that what God would have prefered for me to do? I think Not !

Seminars are good, and teaching is good, but only if I put it into practice. Until I get that bit right, I can have all the teaching in the world, but it ain't gona help, until I am obedient to the call, of 'GO'

Stop Going to church Claire. Be the church!!!! Dime bar!!!!

A Day of wearing shades, as I seemed in favour to miss the rain today, meeting great people for lunch, havin banter at work, then having great trash TV to chill with at home....

Glastonbury....