Teach us God to value our days that we will want wisdom and learn it. Then let what we do be done in the beauty of You God. (No quotation Sandy has made it her own read it in Psalm 90:12 +17 the verses in between too.) The little girl sat on the stony groundContinue reading “Sassenger and fragility”
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Grenoble France
The Jesus who was not shy, turned over the tables and benches of those who were selling in the temple and said: ‘ It is written, My house is called the house of prayer, but you made it a place for thieves to do their thing.’ Matthew 21 : 13 ( Sandy’s wording but readContinue reading “Grenoble France”
Sabbath cycle to church
A cycle ride of 50 minutes following a river upstream to a city churchThe grey silt is thick on the banks and sometimes in the middle then there are gaps where water gushes.A church where kind people baptize one of their own An acceptance that God’s voice through the Holy Spirit still speaks.In 27 ADContinue reading “Sabbath cycle to church”
Lac du Bourget to Chambéry
Jesus said something: ‘ It will be more difficult for a rich man to get to heaven than for a camel to get through the eye of a needle. ‘ Mark 10: 25 The eye of the needle was the name for a small gate going into Jerusalem. Sandy says: ‘ To depend on moneyContinue reading “Lac du Bourget to Chambéry”
The sky, a mountain and a tree
But mostly the sky: ‘ When people agree to exist with God in a friendly relationship/reconciled way’ … ‘ Then the sky and its blue will show them His hand-made work.’ Psalms 19:1 God speaking through Isaiah: ‘ Like the rain and snow that comes from the sky and does not return until it hasContinue reading “The sky, a mountain and a tree”
Mount Blanc
Commandment number four: God speaking: ‘Remember, (I created the world in six days) the Sabbath day is the Day of your God, I have blessed it and hallowed it.’ A summary by Sandy. It is in full over four verses. Exodus 20: 8-11. We go in relative comfort with ah and squeals from children asContinue reading “Mount Blanc”
Collonges – sous – Salève
God speaking commandment 7: ‘You mustn’t commit adultery.’ Definition of adultery:’ voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.’ Some other words used: unfaithfulness, infidelity, disloyalty, cuckoldry, extramarital sex, affair, liason, intrigue, amour, entanglement, hanky-panky, a bit on the side, fornication. Here is a mountain above the townContinue reading “Collonges – sous – Salève”
The fields of France
Commandment 8 God speaking: ‘ You mustn’t steal.’ Some words for steal: appropriate, blackmail, burglaries, cheat, cozen (steal through trick or deceit),defraud, despoil, heist, housebreak, ,misappropriate, speculate (especially steal from government /public funds),pillage, pinch,pirate,plagiarise. Oxford Dictionary, was I stealing from the dictionary? The fields of France were a sea of green wheat and people busyContinue reading “The fields of France”
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”
Dover to Calais
James speaking about speaking: ‘Out of the mouth comes blessings and cursings. My brothers and sisters, this should not happen.’ James 3:10 Words are very powerful! It takes 1hr 30mins to travel by ferry from Dover to Calais, and the day is so bright and clear that once in Calais, we could still see theContinue reading “Dover to Calais”
A vase of 10 for Spring 2025
The Lord God is a sun and shield. The LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from those who walk up rightly. Oh, LORD of hosts, blessed is the person that trusts You. Psalm 84 : 11 I often use the top hat vase to celebrate garden flowers, and hereContinue reading “A vase of 10 for Spring 2025”
Morning sunshine.
Paul speaking: ‘ God has exalted Christ with His right hand to be Prince and Saviour, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins.’ Acts 5:31 We can’t even say sorry without the help of the Holy Spirit. ‘ Those of us / People who are trying to reach heaven by our own works in keepingContinue reading “Morning sunshine.”