ALPHA and OMEGA

The Bible tells us that God is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and End. He is the same today as yesterday and will be the same tomorrow. What does it all really mean?

OK. Those of you who are parents will know that felling of bringing a baby home for the first time. The love you have for the child can at times be over whelming and you want the baby to have the best of everything.

As the child grows up and starts school your love for the child is still as strong as those first few hours and you still want the best for them. As the years go by you watch the child develop different characteristics and interests. You see them form relationships with others. At time they make you laugh, sometimes cry and even make you angry, but that Love and your Hope for them never fails.

God if our father, and way beyond when we where born he wanted the best for us. he even had a plan for us. Tat love never changes and even today he still wants us to have everything he planned.

It up to us to Trust in him and ask him to lead us in his plans. When we here people say... What good has God done for me? I have to wonder and ask myself the same question. But I guess unless we ask God to Lead us and let him carry out his plans we wont ever know.

I don't know what That plan is for me. I can only guess and pray about it. But I know The plan will be Gods best just as he planned in the beginning and I trust him to Work on it today and tomorrow and for many years to come.

 

all things are possible

After another week of no blogging I decided it was time to put prayer into action and look to be inspired again.

Last night was that evening that some people say evil spirits come out to play and a dark force is among us. Well I'm not sure last night was any different to any others and where I live the only dark force was a bunch of kids dressed an Zombies and carrying bags of sweets.

Christians know that there is a Spirit realm in which the devil works. Now It wasn't something I really knew about until I read the book on Mission Asia that this Spirit realm became real to me.

Don't worry I haven't started talking to dead people or ghost hunting. (my interest in ghosts is souly historic interest - ill blog about it soon)

But don't panic, the evil spirits do exist and the spirit realm is very real but we have a ''not so secret weapon'' because at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow. No evil or devil or bad spirit can touch us or come anywhere near us as when you order in the name of Jesus you can over come all.

So what bad stuff is going on in your life right now. I know I have plenty. But I truly believe in my heart that when the bible says Trust in the Lord with all your heart, its not just words its actions. Remember God has Plans for Good, he want the best and when we trust in Jesus all things are possible.

Defying Gravity

From the Musical WICKED - Sung by Kerry Ellis.

LEMMINGS.

Remember that game Lemmings? It was all about guiding a load of little creatures from one place to another and bringing as many as possible safely to their destination. You had to use different skills to ensure that all the Lemmings got home Safe. This meant using the right skill at the right time.



Now the thing about Lemmings is that they don't really have any sense of Direction and most of the time just follow each other. They don't have much sense of danger either and very often they will just keep running until they hit a dead end. Very ofter it has been known that Lemmings will run and run and run straight over the edge of cliffs because they didn't sense any danger and didn't notice any obvious dead end.

Now when a Lemming does sense danger it will quite often either STOP! in the hope that the danger will pass or will run and run even faster in a panic to get away from the danger.

What do we do when we see or sense danger? Will Some of us will run away from it, some will hide from it and some will stand and face it.

What do we do when we feel down and feel there is just no way forward, or no light at the end of the long dark tunnel?  Well again I guess there could be a few answers for this one to. We can Stop, And hope to be rescued or wait for light to appear. We could even run back from where we came and try and to get back into a safe place we are familiar with.

Around 509 BC many people where taken from Jerusalem to become slaves in Babylon. Miles away from home and with the worst living situations imaginable God spoke to them through this guy called Jeremiah. He Told them to ''Dig in, and pray for for peace. because when it prospers you will prosper''.

God knows how hard things can get for all of us from time to time and he knows about the suffering we feel when the worst things happen. God wants us to live fully and work hard to build his Kingdom. Even through the lowest times God is there and he is ready to give us the best.

So how about we try and follow the Lemmings example and if we are in that long dark tunnel and we don't see the light at the end, KEEP GOING! and know that God is there and the light will come.

Loud Disco.

When ever I go to a disco I always find myself at some point moaning about the volume of the music and these days the music being played. I'm told its a sign of age, and it doesn't help when your trying to chat to others with loud music going on in the back ground.

Well when Iv tried to pray this last week or two, Ive been trying to listen to God and seek his will. I even started to listen to Worship music and sit listening to what God is trying to hear. But how ever hard I listen I get the same replies which is hard to wonder if that's in my head or actually God talking.

People around me are telling me the opposite to what I hear, but the what I fell and what I hear just seem to out way the rest of everything around me.

Trying to look at other things or hearing other stuff is just impossible, a bit like at a disco. Even listening to the person next to you is impossible when you have S Club 7 blasting in your ears. but you don't stop trying to make conversation, you just shout louder and move your ears closer.

Even when things around you seen to be pushing you away from what you believe is right, do you give up and go with the flow? or do you swim against the tide following what you believe is Gods will.

Well I'm hearing from God and it seems to be going against what others are telling me. But I sit and look for other answers and all I get is ''Trust is God'' So I do just that, and although I listen to what people say to me the fact is I have to follow my heart and my belief and Trust what I hear is God.

Try listening to God too. Be open and pray first. I know God Answers prays and wants the best for all around you.