Recently it was my birthday! Beautiful gifts and lovely opportunities for coffee dates and lunches out to, well, celebrate me! Yes the celebrations may well have extended out beyond the day.  It's not often that we get a day, well obviously apart from our once a year birthday to celebrate ourselves! But when it is… Continue reading Celebrate You!

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger. (St Patrick's… Continue reading Happy St Patrick’s Day!

It's inevitable really, that after the stormy weather, I'm writing a rain inspired post! The last few days quite a deluge has hit Auckland. There have been floods, power cuts, storm damage. Fortunately our house was unscathed, apart from the rather large puddle situated outside our front door. We can all have days or seasons in life when it… Continue reading After the Storm

Jesus walked this lonesome valley. He had to walk it by Himself; O, nobody else could walk it for Him, He had to walk it by Himself. Sometimes it is easy to think that we're the only one going through a tough time. Perhaps the only one facing rejection or loneliness. The only one in grief. The only one… Continue reading Jesus walked this lonesome valley

As we begin the journey towards the Cross this Lent Season we bring to God our frailty, our brokenness, our sins. Lent though may seem like a time to keep our heads down, to mourn, but it is also a season of hope for it ends with the Resurrection!  So with ashes on our foreheads and hope… Continue reading Ashes – {Lent}