Moving forward

This week although still off sick I have been sorting out my new house and said goodbye to my old house in Pill - new beginnings. I have had time to think recently and someone from my church had this word that I was to keep pushing through the clouds to see the beautiful future that God has in store for me. I can't deny that life has been tough over the last couple of months but do believe that God has been with me giving me strength to deal with everything that I have had to deal with.

My thoughts returned to childrens work this week and felt that it was time to take on the responsibility of the childrens club and so after easter I will be the "Kids Alive" leader again.

Life can be hard at times but with God at my side I have absolutely nothing to fear.

Romans 8:28

Time

I have often thought about time - where is goes, the great big clock of life just ticks away continually. The other day I was chatting to a friend who felt that God had given her a picture which she felt was for me. She had a picture of big clouds but all I had to do was push through the clouds to wonderful and beautiful blue sky behind and all the wonderful things that God has ahead of me - I felt so blessed to hear this as am going through a tough patch, all around me seems pretty dark - I know that God is close to me. We serve a loving God who is there all the time and also when things are hard. Psalm 121 - I lift my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from, my help comes from the Lord, maker of heaven and earth

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As I write this blog its the early hours of the morning - after another restless night I decided to get up and do something useful. These last few weeks have been very stressful and if I wasn't a christian with God right at my side helping me I'd be in a terrible state. On sunday someone at the corp gave me a verse from Job8:7....as I sat down to read this later in the day I soon realised that God has something better for me and there are times when we have to put things down - that is difficult in itself but I know with Gods strength all things are possible.

An opportunity came my way last evening to work the under 5's on a sunday morning at the Corp and this week we are going to look at the feeding of the 5000 and how Jesus blesses the bread and the fish. The little boy only had 5 loaves and 2 fish but he gave what he had to Jesus to use.......................it got me thinking "What do we have that we can also give to Jesus"
So please pray for "The Sparklers" that God will work through me to show His love to the little children.

God Bless

Time

I've been thinking a lot about time recently and wonder just where it goes - the weeks seem to go into one and it doesn't seem 5 minutes ago that I was thinking about christmas 2008 and now next week is the carol service for the kids club so where does time go.

Sorry I haven't blogged for such a while but going through a bit of a crisis at mo what with one thing and another and just do not know what to do for the best however one thing I am sure of this that God is my Strength, my Shield and He will protect me whatever happens.

Things that I need some prayer about is my job situation - I am set to lose £200 a month as from 04.01.10 and that has a bit problem re where I live so having to look for somewhere else to live - stress. My health is causing me concern - I just don't seem to feel well and haven't done for months and finally my future - is it to be an ending to my relationship with my partner of 7 years or will he have the courage to commit - I just don't know.

Please pray for me and pray that God will continue to give me His Strength

Thank you

Prayer Patrols

After going to the Northern Congress of the Salvation Army in September I got chatting to someone re prayer patrols in the Newcastle Area - after a long chat I said to the volunteer that I would pray for them and for more recruits to come along.

Since I have been ill I have been doing a lot of thinking and this is something that I feel that I could be involved with in my local area. Please pray about this and whether its what God would have me do

Thank you

I haven't been able to blog for a while partly due to just being so busy with one thing and another - but over recent days I have been unwell with a cold/flu bug which has caused me to STOP, and although I dislike being unwell and unable to get out of the house I have time to relax.

On wednesday morning I felt prompted to go to a Praise and Worship Meeting in Staple Hill - I wasn't going to go as really wanted to get the house cleaned however God had other ideas and I thought that if there was room in a car for me then I would go and gosh was I blessed and challenged - God is so powerful and mighty and moves me so much that I know that God has planned what I will do before I even know what it is. I am attending a "Design For Life" course at Sunbury Court this next weekend and it is my prayer that God will direct and guide my life. Sometimes I do not feel that my occupation is going right and keep having doors shut in my face but I do pray that at somepoint soon the door will open and not shut but its only through God's guidance that this is going to happen.

I was listening to a track of a new CD and it has these words:-

Speak O Lord, as we come to You

To recieve the food of Your Holy Word.

Take your truth,; plant it deep in us;

Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,

That the light of Christ might be seen today

In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.

Speak O Lord, and fulfil in us

All Your purposes for Your glory

Holiday Club 2009

Its quite a while since I've put on a blog so thought that today was a good day. This morning we had the family service for the holiday club and Carol spoke about Joseph and assisted by Alan who was fantastic with all his different kinds of hats - God has a plan for each of us.

Last week it was the holiday club - the evening before I felt so nervous that I didn't sleep but knew that God was in control and He was going to bless everything that happened. Praise God we had roughly 50 children a day, we were looking at the Scripture Union Material called Showstoppers and it tells us that God has a plan. On the last day we were looking at the Death and Resurrection of Jesus and we watched part of the miracle maker - the children were watching the film so much that you could hear a pin drop. Its my prayer that the children would have learn't something about Jesus in the week and that He loves each of them very much.