The sound of sheer silence

When it appears God is drowning you in deep water, do not fear...for he is simply cleansing you, so that you may be refreshed On Sunday 17th July 2011 at approximately 12.30 I was baptised-Its a day that will stick in my head and heart, forever I was submersed in Gods love and grace, being dunked in the river was soul cleansing, life refreshing, love recieving awesomeness. Im not sure i've ever been so happy, yet so sad at the same time-I feel so humbled to have been privilged enough to know his wonderous love, to have him in my life, to have been chosen by him It appeared to be a dull and miserable day weather wise, but for that short period of the day, the rain stopped, the air was full of expectation, the river softly flowing, the trees gently blowing, and just as I rose from the water, fully cleansed, inside and out, forever and always by his almighty spirit, a beam of glorious, radiant sunlight shone down, blessing me with the grace of God himself, never have I felt so worthle...

At Prayer and Praise a few weeks ago, there was a video playing, and it really made me fall to my knees in awe and wonder of God, it made me fall to my knees in horror and sadness at human kind, and the things we do, but most of all, it made me fall to my knees with an overwhelming love for God-I can't share the video, but I can share some of the things it said: I'm not sure where you are today...but I know where he was that day I'm not sure what you're doing today...but I know what he was doing that day I'm not sure who you are today...but I know who you could be You could be a new creation, at one with him again, you could come awake, come awake with Christ today So today, tomorrow, next week, whatever you do, do it for God, do it for he first loved us, for he still loves us, for he will always love us Let go, Let God Amen <3 Go in peace, for the Lord is with you, always and forever

Motivated by love, all else falls into place....I guess when we seek God, when we reach out to him, because of our desire to know and be known, because of our eagerness, and our motivation, we can be transformed by the his power. 'Everything you do, you should do for God, for everything he does, he does for you' Lord, you came to us in love....we must not restrain that, but embrace it, we must not place barriers around what you gives us, but allow it to roam freely, we must not burden your gifts with the acceptance of others, but allow them to shine through, we must not chain ourselves to world things, but release ourselves to the power of your spirit Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life...you are with us, to the end of the age, and beyond We, as humans are quite good at stepping back into our captive past, falling back into what we know, leaning on the familiar, we get too comfortable in our knowledge and understanding of things, that we are too afraid t...

Wordle creates clouds of words from text you give it, I thought id see what my blog looked like when 'wordled'. Im glad to see the things that leap out at me are; God, life, change and love So here you have it: Amen <3 Go in peace, for the Lord is with you, always and forever

This and the next few posts are an assortment of stuff, an accumulation of things from various people and places that I've wanted to blog about but have been unable to post for one reason or another.... Some wise person once told me that: Scripture, isn't the end of the story, its the creating of context....this isn't something id ever really thought about, but actually its true, all the stories in the Bible, all the things Jesus said and did aren't done and told to create a happy ending-they are done to create a positive beginning, a context in which we can see things change, see things happen, and example for us to follow, they show us the way in which to do things, not the way we should have done things....Nowhere in scripture does it say 'The End', this isn't some cheesy film or romantic fairy tale, its about real life, and I can assure you, when you're on your death bed-they'll be no credits popping up....instead I hope to find a feeling of peac...