and I'm off!
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The picture is rather deceiving though.
Rather then taking such charming suitcases, I shall be lugging around a backpack.
smiles
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
to walk with courage and peace
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"To have a master and to be mastered is not the same thing.
To have a master means that there is one who knows me better than I know myself,
one who is closer than a friend, one who fathoms the remotest abyss of my heart and satisfies it,
one who has brought me into the secure sense that he has met and solved
every perplexity and problem of my mind.
To have a master is this and nothing less -
To have a master means that there is one who knows me better than I know myself,
one who is closer than a friend, one who fathoms the remotest abyss of my heart and satisfies it,
one who has brought me into the secure sense that he has met and solved
every perplexity and problem of my mind.
To have a master is this and nothing less -
"One is your Master even Christ."
My Utmost For His Highest, September 22
Oswald Chambers
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
swings and a catechism
It has been a very long time that this wee corner of the internet has seen anything other than pictures and quotes. So, just to keep things interesting, I thought I would change things up a little this time.
The time at home again has been such a sweet season. Setting up a room again (I'm starting to wonder if the Lord is preparing me for ministry among nomads. . .I may have to break the habit of lugging so many books around with me if that is so!). Being with my family always means much laughter, as my three brothers with their dry sense of humour keeps us all smiling.
And the Lord has provided an opportunity for me to babysit two young girls in the neighbourhood here. It has been a long time since I've spent my afternoons jumping on trampolines, colouring, painting with water (one of our favourite pastimes) and going to the park. It has been quite invigorating!
And though days look quite different then they do when I am down at my 'campus-home'; no organizing trips to bring 120 people to the mountains or the park, no answering phone inquiries, or doing all the little random things that come up in a day down there.
A couple of days ago, my Mum came upstairs and asked me the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism ("What is the chief aim of man?") All of us children have gone through the catechism when we were in grade eight or nine and she just finished doing the first lesson with one of my brothers. But as I repeated the answer, the Lord used it as such a reminder. Whether we as His children are here or there. . .doing this or that. . .we are to be given to Him entirely. So whether today finds us pouring out in ministry or simply swinging at the park, our purpose and commission is the same.
The time at home again has been such a sweet season. Setting up a room again (I'm starting to wonder if the Lord is preparing me for ministry among nomads. . .I may have to break the habit of lugging so many books around with me if that is so!). Being with my family always means much laughter, as my three brothers with their dry sense of humour keeps us all smiling.
And the Lord has provided an opportunity for me to babysit two young girls in the neighbourhood here. It has been a long time since I've spent my afternoons jumping on trampolines, colouring, painting with water (one of our favourite pastimes) and going to the park. It has been quite invigorating!
And though days look quite different then they do when I am down at my 'campus-home'; no organizing trips to bring 120 people to the mountains or the park, no answering phone inquiries, or doing all the little random things that come up in a day down there.
A couple of days ago, my Mum came upstairs and asked me the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism ("What is the chief aim of man?") All of us children have gone through the catechism when we were in grade eight or nine and she just finished doing the first lesson with one of my brothers. But as I repeated the answer, the Lord used it as such a reminder. Whether we as His children are here or there. . .doing this or that. . .we are to be given to Him entirely. So whether today finds us pouring out in ministry or simply swinging at the park, our purpose and commission is the same.
"To glorify God and enjoy Him forever"
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