Photo every day, Lent 2016:see

Here is today's photo on the theme of 'see'. I see the sea!!! It is often the most simple things that bring us joy. This was the view from my hotel room whilst I was on retreat earlier this week. Isn't it amazing? God's creation never ceases to amaze me. 

Photo every day, Lent 2016: joy

Today's theme is joy. I have been trying to focus on the good things in life and what brings me joy so it seems a good topic to me. I hope the photo makes you smile..

Photo every day, Lent 2016: covenant

I have been on a ministers retreat and thinking about today's theme of 'covenant'. My covenant with God is to live out the call he has placed on my heart as well as I am able. I feel inadequate at times but it's not about me and what I do. It shouldn't be about relying on me but about relying on God. Here is a poem that materialised today...

To serve you

To serve you

Isn't easy

yet here I am 

With open heart 

and hands outstretched 

To meet you

To greet the stranger

To love the outcast

To worship you in essence.

To say here I am

Send me.

To serve you

With every ounce of me.

All that I am

And meant to be.

I listen for instruction

But sometimes you say,

'Just simply be,

Stop, 

Relax

Breathe deeply

Lean on me.'

To serve

I need to observe

The season of change

The call of your Word

That disturbs the tranquility

In silent humility

I offer myself

Once more to your call

I listen some more

Then you whisper to me

'Just walk through the door.'

Copyright revdjo 24/2/16

Photo every day, Lent 2016: live

Today's photo theme is 'live'. How do you choose to live your life?

Photo every day, Lent 2016

Today's photo theme is love... This is a photo I took of the Last Supper which hangs in St George's Church, Nailsworth. I have blogged about this before.

Photo every day, Lent 2016: refuge

Today's theme is 'refuge'. God is my refuge, my hiding place. God is my defender, my shield. My hope is firmly in His word, my hope is in God.