An unbelieving heart On the glorious splendour of your majesty And on your wondrous works, I will meditate. Psalm 145:5 Read Hebrews 3:12—4:1 The scripture reminds me how easy it is to forget the living God. Very likely this day I have just lived has made the point quite clearly. The spiritual practices the…
We will serve the Lord To whom will you compare me, Or who is my equal? says the Holy One. Isaiah 40:25 Read Joshua 24:1—2,13—16 The place I call home, my lived environment, its rich provision, my sense of home — so much has been laid out for me before I came here, given…
Time to listen Master, speak, your servant heareth, Waiting for your gracious word. Frances Ridley Havergal Read Luke 10:38—42 I have heard people say that they are no good at doing nothing. They have to be busy. So they take this story as a reproof. They think they must learn to be a Mary,…
How the word bears fruit So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; It shall not return to me empty. Isaiah 55:11 Read Isaiah 28:23—29 The prophet has prepared diligently. He speaks. I am to attend. I am to listen. My whole being is to be open to this word from…
My legacy Ask your father and he will inform you; Your elders, and they will tell you. Deuteronomy 32:7 Read Deuteronomy 32:44—47 I cannot help leaving a legacy. If I tried to disappear from life altogether someone would have to clean up after me. I will always leave something. Better to leave something good…
It has to be fruitful Your promise is well tried, And your servant loves it all. Psalm 119:140 Read Luke 8:4—10 I am one or other of these four kinds of soil. I really cannot see any other option I am given. If I’m not the fourth kind, the good soil, absorbing the word…
The earths the Lord’s and all that it in it You made the moon to mark the seasons; The sun knows its time for setting. Psalm 104:19 Read Genesis 8:15—22 Looking at this picture I am witness to a two-way movement. Noah selects from the clean animals. The chosen ones do not live out…
All creation bows God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark … And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you. 1 Peter 3:20-21 Read Genesis 8:1—4 I must think of my baptism tonight. I must relive it. Here I have been carried through the waters that threatened me,…
As in the days if Noah For as the days of Noah were, So will be the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:37 Read Genesis 6:11—19 The exhaustiveness of God’s judgement on rebel humanity in the story of Noah has always, if furtively, struck me as a little ruthless. Not a soul…
Beyond my expectation Speak to me by name, O Master, Let me know it is to me. Frances Ridley Havergal Read Matthew 19:27—30 I know a little of Peter’s back story. He took a first step that now looks as though it’s becoming a life decision for him and a world decision for us.…