Thoughts From Just Another Passer By

What a journey we are on. In the second chapter of Acts we encounter these verses:  The Fellowship of the Believers   42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.  43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.  45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.  46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,  47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. When starting Cliff College this was one of the first bible passages we read as a community. For me their are two key points which link directly (kinda) to my life at Cliff College. Firstly "All the believers were t...

I've spent most of my day listening to the words of this song You won't relent Until You have it all My heart is Yours I'll set You as a seal upon my heart As a seal upon my arm For there is love that is as strong as death Jealousy demanding as the grave And many waters cannot quench this love Come be the fire inside of me Come be the flame upon my heart Come be the fire inside of me Until You and I are one It really does make a great prayer.  It is my prayer today. It is such a simple song with so much impact and meaning and truth in its words. It's reminder of what God requires and wish from me, what I wish to give to him, the command and the reasons of what power he holds on me, through the death of his Son. I lay my heart before the Lord and ask his Spirit to live within me, his flame, his passion, his love, until I return home.

I keep looking at these photos. These moments and memories, Caught, captured, still. Lively and beautiful,  Crazy and sad. They tell a story, One that no one else can know fully Glimpses of individuals, Journeys, paths, parties. Celebrations of a moment. I keep looking at these photos.

Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous!    Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre;  make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!  Sing to him a new song;  play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. For the word of the LORD is upright,  and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice;    the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD. Psalm 33v1-5 I helped lead worship today at Knapton Methodist Church with a service and sermon based on the parable of the Good Samaritan. Yet in the planning of the service we had really not got a clue what to open the service with as a call to worship. When I started to lead worship in the realms of Derbyshire I stumbled across this amazing chapter in the good Book. God actually really loves us. Shocking really, and so often forgotten. God actually really loves. Then of course we should react ...

One step, dare you. Then just another, Keep on walking, Past the crowd. Everyone may be watching, Some may even take notice, Some will walk against you, Some will never see. Dare you, keep moving, Keep moving, taking ground, Solid foundations, No faking these relations. Look around see them moving with you, Listening, different paths, One destination. Dare you. Keep Moving. Dare you.

I seemed to have just worked in the last few weeks, its just manic. Crazy manic. I love crazy manic. And who goes to bed dressed as a Shepherd? Well a shepherd does. And light... what about it?