The day with dianne Louise

“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ This blesses me! I can trust the Lord to accomplish great things in and through me. Yesterday I travelled to Amsterdam on a plane and then found my way to the train. I prayed for God’s help. I enetered the trains dns at down next to a young woman. We talked and I discovered she was going where I was going. How amazing is that! We alighted at the correct station and she used her directions to take us to our accomodation, a women’s only hostel.  This place is unusual as there are no men, and that is good. On the train there were two young men and they were captured with my travel companion.  The hostel is bright and beautiful, clean and safe. I saw a few older women but none my age. I received the key and went and dep...

“The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.” Proverbs‬ ‭18‬:‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ We love to talk, share our opinions and at times criticise. We should be aware that what we sow we reap, but somehow, forget. When we intentionally speak good we cause life. We can encourage others, refuse to speak illness into ourselves and others, we can left up and cast down with our words. Yesterday, my feet hurt and my left heel was particularly sore. It comes from all the walking we have been doing. My friend knew about my feet and was gracious. We rode push bikes around Copenhagen. We stopped to look at sights and finally had a light dinner at an Intalian restaurant. It was fun! My friend was conscious of not pushing my feet too hard and I was conscious of not speaking death into my feet. It is amazing how well we can do when we manage our words. We had an excellent day and retired to sound sleep. Today, we both catch flights to different places. I am off the Amste...

“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.” Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Do we realise that sacrificing our opinions, our right to be right and our right to be justified as the best form of worship we can give to our God? Sacrificing our selfishness is a pleasing odour to our God, whereas indulging our selfishness stinks. One of my friends had an early start today. She was flying back to the States. I awoke feeling she might have slept in, she did. I quickly woke her and got her packed and off. It is only 4am and she had planned to be at the airport already. However, she wanted to be the required three hours early. We’ve had an adventure together. I will not see my friend back in Nepal until February next year. It was goody to see her and spend time. With three of us together there were times we could have be...

“I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬ These things will happen in heaven. No more sorrow and pain, no more death.  My friend has just lost his mother. It was expected but yesterday he grieved. I remember when I lost my mother. I got through the actual dying but when we called the ambulance to have her body taken the police arrived. This was a horrible interruption. However, we discovered it was standard when there was no death certificate. After explanation and investigation the truth was discovered and mum’s body was released to go. This rude occurrence deepened the grief. For my friend being away from home deepened the grief. Grief is an unusual beast that behaves in its own il...

“Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.”  James‬ ‭1‬:‭19‬ ‭NLT‬‬ This is easy to say but harder to do. I am travelling through Denmark with two friends. Yesterday I was driving and one friend, a guy, was in front with me and barking at me for driving too close to the right verge of the road. I told him to be quiet in a commanding tone as he was being bossy and not giving me space. He backed off. My challenge is always to not take the behaviour of others to heart. Again when we stopped for lunch he was off about the cost of the food and I replied I was tired and hungry and was going to buy food. Eventually he did also. So as not to ruin the day I took my heart in hand. As a result we managed to have a good afternoon and evening. One  of my friends is gluten intolerant and we have to manage our choices based on her diet requirements. I found a restaurant that I thought would be helpful but she found t...

““You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Yesterday, two others and I attended a Danish wedding. It started at 11am and finished at 8pm. The first part was a church service in Danish, Dutch and English. The worship was true and uplifting. Whilst the message was a standard wedding message the rest, for us, was not. The community ministered to Thea and Jan in a beautiful way. We had lunch, afternoon tea and dinner together. There were many fun games and any and all were welcome to get up to speak. I did as well as another friend. Although energy waned in the afternoon I persevered and was glad I had. I did not want to miss out on any part. It made me mindful of the marriage supper of the Lamb. I do not want to miss anything. As I walk toward that time I want to experience all God has for me. As I do I can also sing, ‘worthy, worthy, worthy Lord! W...