But first let Jesus tell us three stories that fit into each other or balance on top of each other. The Scribes and Pharisees said Jesus talked and ate with sinners and so He did, but Jesus was a story teller and this is how he spoke to them. If you had 100 sheep andContinue reading “The garden and the metal ants”
Category Archives: Memories
Windsor long walk today with a mist and/ of memories.
I am going to start and end this post with ‘hope’. Paul speaking: ‘ Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering/misery/hardship namely tribulation, be constant in prayer.’ Romans 12:12 Out of the mist you came after a 25km run, your last km walking to cool down and take in the view. Windsor castle in yourContinue reading “Windsor long walk today with a mist and/ of memories.”
…and so I put them in a jug!
Moses speaking from long ago: ‘ Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid for the Lord your God, He it is that goes with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you.’ I liked that old word He won’t ‘forsake’ better than He won’t ‘ leave you lonely and sad.’ He won’tContinue reading “…and so I put them in a jug!”
Walking the Thames from Culham to Dorchester.
David speaking: ‘Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for You are the God of my salvation…’ Psalm 25: 4,5 This will be with my memories. Yesterday I was asked: When did you first walk here at Dorchester? This was the memory that cameContinue reading “Walking the Thames from Culham to Dorchester.”
Four ‘impressions’ from travel
‘ I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.’ Psalm 121: 1-2 We are still in Italy. This post is made up of four impressions the first stands alone the other three are connected to oneContinue reading “Four ‘impressions’ from travel”
Cambrai and Saint Quentin
I am looking at the decalogue starting at number 10. God speaking: ‘ Don’t covet your neighbour’s house, wife nor anything that belongs to your neighbour. ‘ Exodus 20:17 Sinful acts come from selfish desire. Two towns twenty-five miles apart in the north of France. First, a morning scene on a canal in Cambrai withContinue reading “Cambrai and Saint Quentin”
For my memories, a video, and a visit.
It is the last verse in Matthew. I will write 19 and 20 because it is interesting: Jesus speaking : ” Go and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you: and I am withContinue reading “For my memories, a video, and a visit.”
A barrel full and leaking
There has been time to think today. No walking in the cold and rain. One seventh of seventy-two years ( the length of time my mother lived) is about ten years. Then I thought ten years to give God thanks for His loving kindness. The ten years spread out in the form of one dayContinue reading “A barrel full and leaking”
Travel and talk.
When you travel, you talk to this one or that one who talks to you. I very rarely talk to anyone who doesn’t talk to me. Unless it is an information question, mostly beginning with where. So here is an example that got me thinking. Taxi driver: ‘Do you have children?’ Me: ‘Yes.’ Taxi driver:’Continue reading “Travel and talk.”
A Lyle syrup tin with roses.
Here is a story dated in the late 1960s ,inside a story dated 1883, inside a story that could have taken place between 1400- 1050 BC. Let us start with the story closest to our time. The time we left for Portugal. My last post before I left was Thyme and the two white rosesContinue reading “A Lyle syrup tin with roses.”
The garden pond
Looking deep into our little garden pond where the new minature pond lily put up its first leaves to the surface in late summer, there lay a fish. One of three put in at about the same time as the pond lily. I felt colder than I was and stood still. No, it couldn’t be…Continue reading “The garden pond”
A memory visited eating ‘ Sopa de legumes.’/ Those green beans in a soup.
Jesus speaking: ‘The sower (Jesus himself) sows the Word (the words of the Bible in my mind and my mind is distracted). BUT the seeds fall where there are thorns: the deceitfulness of riches the worries of this world And the lust for other things These choke the Word / seed growing in my mind,Continue reading “A memory visited eating ‘ Sopa de legumes.’/ Those green beans in a soup.”