Things Too Wonderful

Some time ago, an English lady, tired of the rain of England, went to look for a house to buy in Switzerland. She finally found the house of her dreams, had her offer accepted, and returned to England to pack her belongings. While packing her bathroom, she suddenly realised that she didn’t remember seeing a bathroom in her new house. So she wrote to the Swiss estate agent asking for the whereabouts of the WC. The Swiss agent - his English being none too good - passed the letter on to the local priest for translation. Being unfamiliar with English abbreviations, the only meaning he could think of for WC was Wesleyan Chapel.

The English lady received the following reply:

‘My Dear Madam,

I take great pleasure in informing you that the WC is situated nine miles from the house in the centre of a beautiful grove of pine trees surrounded by lovely grounds.

It is capable of holding 229 people, and is open on Sundays and Thursdays only. As there are a great number of people expected during the summer months, I suggest you come early, although there is usually only standing room. This is an unfortunate situation, especially if you are in the habit of going regularly. Continue Reading »

Have you ever been on google maps?  I’ve spent hours on it just recently - it’s fascinating!  We (the kids and I) looked at our neighburhood yesterday then zoomed in on our street then our house.  We recognised our car in the driveway and the trampoline in the garden.  It was all so familiar - but from such a different perspective so unfamiliar too!  From that perspective we could see just how huge our neighbour’s garden is, and how much gree there really is even in the city, and how that funny road meets up…

It did occur to me that stuck here in the middle of my circumstances, I do have a very limited perspective.  I only see the immediate: what’s right in from of me and I wonder sometimes how God can allow me to stay stuck here?

But God’s perspective is entirely different! He sees the whole picture.  He knows what’s round the next corne; He sees not only where I’ve come from, but where the road ahead leads to, and He knows the best way I should go.  He knows, from Continue Reading »

This is it! I’m starting! I’ve been meaning to start for months now: and this is it!And as I am assured by bloggers who know far more than me, that once started I really need to blog at least twice a week, this means commitment!

I’m blogging because I belive that God brings good out of all things, and out of the nightmare and battle of the last two years I believe God has brought good and will bring good, and I want to share some of the good stuff He’s taught me through it all.

Sometimes when you go through rough times it can be really easy to just look at the immediate circumstances and feel… Continue Reading »