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Ten Tent Pegs: 2 A Cortege - Following Behind

WHAT DOES FOLLOWING MEAN?

In my previous post, Tent Peg 1: Courage, we saw how many of us go through our entire lives see-sawing up and down; plunging in and out of alternate patches of fog and moonlight; passing the same landmark on several occasions from different directions; hearing those train...

Posted at 16:13pm on 1st November 2025

Ten Tent Pegs: 1- Courage

TENT PEG 1: A SEE-SAW OF FEIGNED COURAGE & EXCUSES

I read, a long time ago, of an eighty year old granny who decided to go sky diving for the first time, to raise money for charity. Her courage fascinated me. So, although nowhere near eighty, myself, at that time,...

Posted at 15:11pm on 19th October 2025

God's Love For One & All

Degeneration of my spine, and the extreme pain it causes, could have been debilitating if my Doctor hadn't arranged for me to attend an appointment at the Pain Clinic. Asked, on my first visit, when the pain was at it's worst, I replied that it was when lying down, and...

Posted at 15:43pm on 25th June 2025

Unleashed? Definitely!

My childhood was not an easy one, due to an undiagnosed disease since birth.

'For goodness sake be quiet! You're waking the baby,' was a regular telling-off when I screamed in pain at night.

'Could do better,' was my normal school report, but how, I would ask myself. Clearly, I let everyone...

Posted at 15:31pm on 23rd May 2025

How I Came To Faith

How you come to faith may be an immediate event, or a struggle over a long period of time. For me, it was the latter. Born with an undiagnosed disease, which had me screaming in pain as a child, I was constantly told off.

A NAUGHTY LITTLE GIRL

'For goodness sake be...

Posted at 17:32pm on 31st January 2025

Thank You Father: For Your Gifts

Have you ever thought about what led you into a certain career? Or whether you've wished you'd taken a different route?

My longing, as a teenager, was to become an actress, but my parents thought otherwise. My father wanted me to go to university, an aspiration my mother shot down, telling...

Posted at 01:02am on 11th October 2024

Thank God: For Wisdom

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13

This was part of our reading at St Matthias Church last Sunday morning, and the basis of the brilliant sermon given by our Minister,...

Posted at 04:32am on 26th September 2024

Thank You Lord: For Your Healing Hands

'Your daughter needs to go to hospital, so I shall have to send for an ambulance,' said the doctor.

Close to tears, I stood at the foot of Sarah's bed, where she lay, semi-conscious.

'She has encephalitis,' the doctor explained. 'It's a serious condition – inflammation of the brain.'

I'd only recently recovered...

Posted at 17:48pm on 20th September 2024

Drug Dependency Therapy

I wrote, last week, suggesting ways in which to deal with mischief and destruction. Titled Antidotes To Vandalism, the theme centred on the way in which the breakdown in family and community has on young lives, plus the misuse of the internet creating the sentiment that anti-social behaviour might be...

Posted at 07:20am on 27th July 2024

Antidotes To Vandalism

Vandalism! Is it fun? Well, it would appear to be so.

Strolling through the parks, on our usual daily walk, I pointed out to my husband a young tree that had been damaged.

'Could that have been caused by the strong winds we've had recently?' I asked, doubtfully.

We then saw two more....

Posted at 11:57am on 10th July 2024
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