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I’ve been enjoying reading various novels over the last couple of months; just the usual light-hearted, summer reads. For me, reading has now become such a joy, and gives a much needed escape from reality. Whilst reading these books, a reoccurring quote kept cropping up, and bearing in mind these were completely different stories byContinue reading “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”

Kindness is valuable and powerful, and has the ability to make a great difference in others’ lives and our own. How often though do we choose to be kind? To be selflessly and sacrificially kind, without expecting something in return? We need only look at our broken world to find the answer. We live inContinue reading “Have Courage and Be Kind”

Just because our pain isn’t as big or obvious as someone else’s, it doesn’t mean we are not suffering just as much. Take paper cuts for example. As a teacher, I am always ending up with paper cuts on a daily basis, from handing out worksheets to putting things up on display. Paper cuts happenContinue reading “Paper Cuts”

Summer is gradually winding to an end, and for me it’ll soon be the start of a new academic year. I’ve throughly enjoyed my summer break – relaxing in the garden, escaping for a holiday in Margate and making the most of the sunshine!All of these activities are a picture of what soaking in theContinue reading “Son-Bathing”

When I was younger, whenever we would go out walking – especially up in Scotland – I would get very excited if we found some ‘happy water’. I’m not sure how the name came about, but ‘happy water’ is what we call fresh, flowing spring water. Perhaps the label of ‘happy’ is associated with theContinue reading “Happy Water”

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been enjoying spending time relaxing in the garden. During lockdown our garden has undergone a massive transformation, and is now bursting with colour. I am not the only one loving the new flowers we’ve planted. The flowers are alive with bees, busily buzzing to and fro each one. BeesContinue reading “Bees”

When God gives us a calling but we don’t feel like he made the right choice. We are all blessed with gifts and talents, but sometimes God leads us into things that we just do not feel capable of doing. Maybe it’s a situation or ministry that seeks to involve none of your strong pointsContinue reading “Who’s Calling?”

This time last year I plucked up the courage to emerge myself in the ‘dating world’ . I’ve never had a relationship before, so I didn’t really expect anything to come from it. Pressures were getting to me, and I was feeling down. I was tired of looking around to see my friends either inContinue reading “Season of Singleness”

We are all tempted at times, even Jesus faced times of temptation – but how can we stop ourselves from acting upon this? Ultimately temptations can lead to consequences. Temptation is where we really want something but deep down we know we shouldn’t have it. We are faced with that confliction – do I orContinue reading “Temptations”

Hands up, who here has passed their time in lockdown with a few movie marathons? I certainly have! What’s your go-to choices? One of mine and my sister’s favourite is definitely Harry Potter. I love Harry Potter- I’ve watched the films endless times and could read the books over and over again. It was whilstContinue reading “Popcorn and Philosophy”