Today was kind of a strange day for me. Instead of spending it hanging out with my fellow MTC 4th year buddies I spent it with my sisters, trying to work out what contribution we wanted to make to our grandmother’s funeral on Tuesday. We were very close to my grandparents on mum’s side, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jesus’
Death is not the worst thing
Posted: February 19, 2011 in Jesus, lifeTags: death, Grandma, Jesus, life
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“tomorrow will worry about itself”
Posted: February 9, 2011 in Jesus, lifeTags: anxiety, Jesus, Matthew, worry
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet [...]
Counting down…
Posted: November 22, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: 2 ways to live, birthday, Bon Jovi, gospel, Jesus, judgement, singleness, Thessalonians, waiting
There’s a few things I’m counting down till at the moment. 25 days – till BON JOVI!!! can’t wait! Last time I saw them I was 15. This time it’s a 30th birthday present from my sisters. Me, 2 of my sisters, their husbands, my oldest nephew (he’s 12 – gonna LOVE it!), Jon, Richie, [...]
Rest in Peace
Posted: November 3, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: Andy Irons, death, Jesus, judgement, rest in peace
Don’t worry, no-one died. Actually Andy Irons did but this is not about him. Well, its a little bit about him, because the phrase ‘rest in peace’ appeared on my Facebook homepage several times today. Not unexpected really – happens every time someone dies. Rest in peace. What I do find slightly unexpected is when [...]
Barth on Christian suffering
Posted: October 27, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: Christian, christianity, exams, Jesus, suffering
Came across this quote in my exam prep. Food for thought – “If, then, a man is not oppressed by his environment, if he has nothing serious to fear or to suffer at its hands, he has reason carefully to ask at least whether and how far he is genuinely a Christian at all and [...]
h/t hayley
This morning in chapel we sang the beautiful hymn Come Thou Font Despite having sung it many times this morning the words hit me in a different way than they every have – particularly these 2 verses Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I’ve come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, [...]
Over on The Box Pop, Steve is doing a great little series on voting & Jesus. It’s very helpful if, like me, you know this is important & want to vote wisely but don’t really know where to start. Read it here.
Bonhoeffer on suffering
Posted: July 28, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: Bonhoeffer, cross, Jesus, suffering
It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human order than in the freedom of one’s own personal, responsible deed. It is infinitely easier to suffer in company than alone. It is infinitely easier to suffer publicly and with honour than out of the public eye and in disgrace. It is infinitely easier [...]
Do not resuscitate
Posted: July 17, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: alzheimers, death, heaven, Jesus, love
It’s one of those things you see in TV shows all the time. I’ve lost counts of the number of times a story on Grey’s Anatomy has revolved around a DNR (do not resuscitate) signed by patient, then disputed by a loved one. How about when Issy was unconscious after surgery on her brain. Alex, [...]
