General Chat

Thank you for the Everyday Faith posts Cynthia. I have just re-read them. I envy those who are firm in their faith. Even at my advanced age I am still not 100% sure of what I do or don’t believe. I suppose like many I must just keep plodding on in hope.

I have had the hymn O Brother Man going round my brain all week. It seems particularly appropriate this Holocaust week.

O Brother Man, fold to thy heart thy brother
Where pity dwells the love of God is there
To worship rightly is to love each other
Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

Hoping for calmer days ahead for you and your OH Cynthia <3

Good afternoon :-)

Sorry to be late - things are more than manic at home at the moment.

Today's reading:

“I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.”
Ephesians 3.16–17


From Everyday Faith

Throughout our day things are often changing. Maybe we meet different people; perhaps we move from place to place. Wherever we are, we will be constantly reacting to what is going on, our thoughts and emotions shifting constantly.
If we keep ourselves rooted in our faith we will be able to draw on God’s love and wisdom which we hope will reflect in what we say and how we say it.


Back to the madhouse..... :-D

Cx :-)

Good morning :-)


The worldwide communities of L’Arche were established by Jean Vanier. L’Arche communities involve people with and without learning disabilities living out their lives together and learning from each other, even amid the routine of daily living. Many people have been inspired and changed by the life of these communities which reflect Jean Vanier’s words: “We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.”

Bringing in the Kingdom of God is about how we live our everyday lives - every moment of our day including all the ordinary and boring things. It's about our hearts and minds as well as our words and actions. and those things we do that are unseen by anyone else as much as it is about our visible behaviour.


“One of them, a lawyer, asked Jesus a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘ “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”


Cx :-)

Good morning :-)



“There they gave a dinner for Jesus. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.”
John 12.2–3

Each of us has expectations about how people should behave and there are assumptions about what is considered to be acceptable behaviour in everyday life. It can come as a shock when we meet, hear or read about people acting in inappropriate ways and it can be really unsettling.

In the reading, Mary took what was considered to be ‘inappropriate’ action when she anointed the Lord’s feet with costly perfume – there was much criticism of her and the onlookers were unsettled. But Mary’s actions were rooted in her love for Jesus and she was not afraid to challenge people’s assumptions about Christ and his followers.

Cx :-)

Oooops Good afternoon.... :-)

I popped on earlier and answered messages, but then I forgot to come on here...doh....sorry folks.


From Everyday Faith

“I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvellous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.”
Psalm 131.1–2


I guess most of us would say that, in our everyday lives, we want to do our bit in making the world a better place and that we try to show love in the way we behave towards those around us. However, if we’re honest, those actions and words seen as love by other people are sometimes driven by our brokenness. For example, sometimes we are unhealthily motivated by a need to be needed, or a desire to succeed or to be seen as special.

Our genuine love towards the people and places around us begins with receiving God’s love in a place of complete dependence. God, like a perfect mother, longs to draw us close, to hold us and love us not because of who we are or what we’ve done, but simply because we are His child.

Cx :-)

Thankyou kandj <3

Hello all

I watched the Holocaust Memorial Service on BBC2 earlier and have been in tears ever since.Horrendous

I hope today has been a better one for your OH and also for today Cynthia.

Gentle hugs Rambling... as you think of your Mum today.

Thankyou Vera <3

Remembering all those who died or suffered in the Holocaust and also thinking of ethnic and minority groups who are suffering at the present time.

Sending you a gentle ((((hug)))) Rose as you remember your Mum today, and sending love to Cynthia and her OH <3 <3 <3

Popping in to send love to Cynthia and OH, try and look after yourself also Cynthia xx, and say hello to all here :-) .

Cynthia, yes I loved watching Andy Stewart, New Years Eve hasn't been the same since. :-)

Thinking today about all those who died in The Holocaust,

and also remembering my mum who died 21 years ago today <3

Remembering those who died in concentration camps
and thoughts and prayers for the survivors who live
with the horrors they suffered. :-(

Good morning :-)

.....and the Tiller Girls too David.... :-D nothing like that these days.


Things are getting a bit difficult at home but I will do my best to post on here, bear with me :-D <3

From Everyday Faith

“As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow, and with her was a large crowd from the town. When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, ‘Do not weep.’ ”
Luke 7.12–13

Whenever Jesus enters a situation, new possibilities abound. In today’s bible reading, a woman, not only emotionally (and in all probability economically) devastated by the death of her husband, suffers the terrible agony of losing her only son, and so, in effect, provision for her old age. Humanly, the situation is hopeless.
But not for Jesus.

Divine resuscitations are rare but you do occasionally get stories of people who have experienced such a thing.

What is less rare is God bringing hope into all kinds of situations. After all, whenever someone with Christ’s Spirit enters a situation, new possibilities abound. We live in the certainty that in Christ there is life after death. When we have hope, we are called to take that hope out into the world.

Cx :-)

Good morning all :-D <3

Yes, I remember Andy Stewart and that team. I also recall The Black
and White Minstrel Show, whites blacked up, but not the weemen.

Good morning :-)


Burns night! Haven't seen anything on the tv about it......love the bagpipes and a man in a kilt! ;-) Does anyone remember watching New Year in with Andy Stewart? It was a highlight of the holidays :-D


The Collect (special prayer) for today:

Almighty God,
whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder of your saving presence:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your mighty power;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus begins his ministry and calls his disciples to follow him…

Some people here are having a hard time knowing what to eat and celebrate or say today ................

it's both Burns night AND Lunar new Year :-D


Gung Hay Fat Choy


Gung Haggis Fat Choy is said by some people :-D

No matter how steep the mountain
The Lord is going to climb it with you.

HSR

I also hope things will be better for you next week Cynthia. <3

Hello all

Here's hoping next week will be a better one in your home Cynthia.

Remembering our Scottish friends for Burns Night and especially thinking of Emma.
I hope she can find time to celebrate along with all the house moving plans.

Good morning :-)

It's been a difficult week what with one thing and another and I am having to adjust to a slightly different scenario - getting there slowly! :-D

So much bad news in the world David....there is also some good news though - a funny old world at times!

From Everyday Faith

READING
“And they brought the boy to Jesus. When the spirit saw him, immediately it threw the boy into convulsions, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. Jesus asked the father, ‘How long has this been happening to him?’ And he said, ‘From childhood. It has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us.’ ”
Mark 9.20–22

Sometimes we think that things will never change – the bad things will stay bad and the good things stay good.

Take Denise. Denise works in an office where the atmosphere had always been backbitey, petty, acidic. Tough in a big organization, worse in a small office. Denise wondered if it could ever change. She prayed. And then, because she often got in before anyone else, she decided to play worship music and sing and pray.
To pray is to kindle hope. It had seemed impossible but, slowly, the atmosphere in the office changed, relationships improved, things got better.

In today’s reading, when the boy’s father says to Jesus, “If you are able to do anything ...” Jesus replies, “If you are able! – All things can be done for the one who believes.” The boy’s father responds, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

We are told that we only need to have faith as big as a mustard seed, which is pretty tiny. Our hope lies not in how big our faith is but how big God is.


Cx :-)

Hello and good morning to you all :-) <3 I'm hoping you are well.

Saw on TV there vast swarms of locusts in Africa eating what food is available.

These can eat their own weight in food every day.

Further east near Istanbul an earthquake has killed 30 and buried hundreds.

The after shocks can be felt in Syria, Lebanon and Lybia. Maybe a sign of

the times ? Respiratory diseases killing many in China. Volcano in Philippines :-0

No need to apologise Cynthia. I hope your OH is having some better days. Thinking of you and all those who care for people with long term problems <3