I'm so thankful to be in my church. There is such a sense of unity and love.

One of our pastors has been diagnosed with a terrible type of cancer, and the whole church has just united for their sake.

There are no words for the pain and anxiety our friends are going through right now, but we cry with them.

I was lead to this verse last night, and it was re-affirmed this evening when the service was about this chapter of Luke:

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

¹¹ “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for^[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead?¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11, NIV)

So we keep knocking, keep praying.

I love this pic! And i believe Jesus will brb, but maybe not in our understanding of 'brb'. brb in eternity is a pretty long time, i'm guessing.

The man i live with was telling me today that he believes it's gonna be really soon, that we're in 'the end times'. He bases it on the two horrific earthquakes in the last month and the tsunami, and the total corruption of leadership in north korea, lybia and all the trouble still going on in the middle east. but i'm not sure. I honestly don't think we're going to be able to predict when he's coming back. and, yes things are really really crap in the world... but i do think it's gonna get a lot worse before he comes back. Wow, bit morbid. Good job he's coming back then!

So! It's been 11 days of Bible In One Year with Soul Survivor.

Honestly, it's been a bit of a struggle, i'm so lethargic with these things. Routine. Blah. Maybe that's why I am currently reading 6 books. Not because i'm all academic, but because I get bored, find something new and exciting, so get into that.

What I am finding is though, even after just a few days, my knowledge of the bible is increasing a lot. I would often just stick to the stuff I knew, or had had teaching on before, or could kind of understand (i.e. Love the LORD your God with all your heart, soul and mind.) but not further than that.

I'm going to see it more as a mission, a task, to complete the WHOLE bible in one year. So not as something i have to do, but i want to and i'm motivated.

Of course, the main reason that i am doing this, and making a task out of it is because i really want to know God better. I want to read his story. I want to read every recorded word that Jesus said. It's not about having a deeper head knowledge, it's about hearing our fathers voice and living in the knowledge.

They say you are what you eat, and the word of God is food for the soul... so, hopefully, i'm filling my soul with a whole lot of God.

It's late. When it's late, my mind turns into a mushy mess.

Why do feet smell

and noses run?

Surely it's the other way around.

All of my hope is in You.

Festivals are over! Part of me is gutted. I miss being with the people I love all the time, worshipping together and seeing hundreds of people meeting with God. I do NOT miss camping, muddy showers and never feeling clean.

Lots of stuff is happening at the moment. Sometimes there is a song which is the theme song to my life at that time, where the lyrics express my life far better than I could! At the moment it is this one by Lex Buckley:

Your heart is for the broken
Your ears are turned to those in pain
You comfort all in mourning
You rescue those in need


So though I walk through the valley
I won't be afraid
For Jesus You are with me holding me close
And You can give a peace that passes understanding
Lord You will protect and comfort this heart


Lord I know You are faithful
Lord I know You are good and true
I trust in You my Saviour
You are my all in all


All of my hope is in You
All of my hope is in You
All of my hope is in You
It's in You

Chai, chai, chai, coffee, coffe...

I am getting so excited about the festivals, but very much lacking in energy. I was on a train today and nearly slept through my stop! Then when my friend came to pick me up, i was so tired, i was talking nonsense. Plus my pixie ears went wild- i was sure my sister told me that she'd seen a cow in a flower. It was actually a cauliflower. Delirium is setting in, but i need to be at my brightest and best for the festivals, and as the coffee fan i am, i've reverted to that... but the lyrics to this song by Bethany Dillon have really been pointing out some key stuff that i'd almost forgotten.

"When the day is done
And there's no one else around
While I'm lying here in bed
You're in my heart, You're in my head
You're all I need, You're all I need
There are a million voices
Calling out my name
But You're the One I want to hear
So make the others disappear

You are all I need when I'm surrounded
You are all I need if I'm by myself
You fill me when I'm empty
There is nothing else
You're all I need

When the morning comes
And Your mercy is renewed
There's a fire in my bones
I'm not afraid to go alone
You're all I need
You're all I need
The sun on my face
I hear You whisper loud
You're still the God that opens seas
Every flower, even me
You're all I need
You're all I need

I'm drawn to everything that You do
Nothing compares with You"

I love coffee, but i need to rely on God a lot more. He is all i need.