My Travel Blogs:
Remembering two of the stories I told my students.
An imaginative Jesus sent the devils in a man into some pigs. The herdsmen were more angry about losing their pigs than having a sane happy man sitting talking to Jesus. (Strange this. Do I really prefer people to animals?) All the healed man wanted was to stay with Jesus. Jesus told him directly: ” Go home and show what great things God has done for you!” Luke 8: 26 – 39. I will soon be 68, and it seems to be taking a while for me to grow up! Here…
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Remembering flowers as gifts and a collection of cards.
Those who respected God thought about Him and talked to each other about Him, and God listened to them and wrote in a book. Then the Lord spoke: ‘ They will be mine. I will save them like jewels like a person saves their child.’ Malachi 3: 16,17 ( Sandy’s understanding if you read on to chapter 4 the words are dramatic). Each week, I try to remember my past. As some kind blogger asked: “Are you writing your memoire?” Well, perhaps the hooks to hang it on. There are flowers…
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Remembering fleas in fitted carpets.
A person who refuses to admit their mistakes can never be successful. If the person confesses and leaves those mistakes, they get a fresh start. Proverbs 28 : 13 Soon after moving into the house, we realised that the pleasant green wall to wall fitted carpets were carrying little black specks that bit. We went through the processes and then to make absolutely sure vacuumed often. It was the sad fate of one of my oriental students to experience their fierce ability to cover a body with little red dots like…
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The new house and a table
The house was full, more rudely put stuffed! This was the first time we saw it. Coincidently, we were two families both needing space. They had three teenage children, one was soon to leave for university, and three dogs as well as everything else that goes with a full-on interesting life. They had found a house with a garden large enough to delight them during retirement and plenty of space. We were both ready to move, which in this country has to be on the same day. Our next viewing was…
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Remembering our move from the cottage.
Jesus is speaking to his disciples who are a little worried about His talk of leaving them. This is how He cheers them up: ” If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come and get you, so you will always be with me where I am.” John 3:16 I knew we were going to have to move from the cottage. Our sons needed space. A shared room for them was not working, but they loved where we were. Why? Some five bedroomed houses were being built behind…
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Remembering falling trees.
We were all sleeping peacefully in the two up two down cottage. The sounds of the night had changed, and I woke up. The flailing trees opposite were sending weird, fast-moving shapes across the bedroom walls. I peered out the small window where the curtains were never drawn. I instinctively knew we had to go downstairs. I woke the boys as gently as I could. Carried one and took the other by the hand. I think Roy came as the first tree fell in the neighbour’s drive. The crash was spectacular!…
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Remembering pickpockets and the kindness of adults.
Know that the Lord is God; He has made us, and nobody has managed to make themselves. We are His people. Very much like (helpless) sheep in a pasture. Psalm 100:3 ( Sandy’s wording. We really can’t stop much when it starts!) My in-laws moved from Yorkshire. Our boys were about nine and seven. Roy and I were tired. We wanted a break from parenting. Mom and Dad agreed to take on the routines that go with looking after children. We went to Istanbul. The table on the uneven pavement allowed…
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A poem/ rambling of thinking: from 3 January 2023
For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100 : 5 I planted three rooting mint stalksSimply growing in water since the last week inOctober 2023. I took down the Christmas decorationsCarefully, thoughtfully One at a time.Let me remind you it is wet and greyWe all got wet but we saw the new trees in the meadow. So what? What about all that?So here are my thoughts. Mint grows roots from stalksBabies come from wombs.It was 3 January 2024 yesterday On 3 January…
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Remembering a rat and a mouse!
May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you His favour (approval) and give you His peace in 2024. Numbers 6 : 25 -26 (NLT) I asked my parents if I could bring home a mouse, so I must have known they were coming to school. I actually don’t remember their answer. I probably didn’t want to hear it! We were living in Johannesburg, so I must have been about nine years old. Coming home from school, the green front door opened before I…
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Remembering a school painting and then another.
Dear God, Be close to all of us on Earth’s eye, the apple of your eye, keep us held close in your mind whether we live or die. Sandy😪 I asked my sister in Africa quite innocently this question: “Do you remember seeing a painting on the inside of the airing cupboard door? The cream door next to the bathroom.” Within a moment, she said, “Yes.” ” It was a tree held up by sellotape, crisp and yellow!” (no blue tack then.) This is how that painting happened: I had just…
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2023 Flowers part 2
Jesus is saying something He wants you to hear: ” Don’t let anyone deceive you because many will come saying ‘I am the Christ; ‘ and will deceive many.” The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvellous works in our sight. So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scripture. Matthew 24: 4 EG White Brown and cream, you have seen it beforePurple and fluffy before that.Do you remember?Seen once,…
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A post box before Christmas
Paul’s experience of God led him to say this : Do not be nervous , uneasy, or worry about anything. Instead, do this: Think of things God has helped you with already and say thank you. Then, in a sincere, humble way, ask God for help with a problem or for something you want. This is a faith relationship. God, through Jesus, making you feel loved. Philippians 4:6 Sandy has made it her own see for yourself it may say something different to you. Here are touches of Christmas in a…
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