Thought for the day (Page 30)

Every day we post a Thought for the day written by someone within the circuit. Some are very light hearted and some are very deep theologically with all bases between covered.

We hope these will encourage, uplift and make you reflect but most of all we hope you enjoy reading these small daily snippets and take some inspiration on your daily journey

“I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go” (Genesis 28:15)

Confusion

The most popular topic of conversation in our village at the moment is the state of the roads. Unfortunately last autumn the first heavy lot of rain resulted in part of our road subsiding to such an extent the road had to be closed.(See TFTD 4/3/24) This has meant a 6 mile diversion out of…

St Patrick

Tomorrow, the 17th March is Saint Patrick’s Day. There are no definite dates for him but it is generally thought that he was a 5th-century Christian missionary and Bishop in Ireland. When he was 16, he was captured by Irish pirates and taken from his home in Britain to be a slave. During this time,…

Grandma’s Bag:

Last time I visited the grandchildren, I used a colourful shopping bag printed on the outside with pictures of flying bees. This caught the attention of my son’s partner who had recently been teaching the children about British wildlife and she called the youngest granddaughter over. Pointing to a particular flying bee, she said to…

A time to speak

It takes courage to speak in public. Some people become nervous, even in small gatherings, even among friends. This nervousness is often driven by a lack of certainty in what we are saying, to develop an opinion by thinking aloud makes us vulnerable. I am writing this on the day of the funeral, in a…

Compassion

Today’s contributor, Kathy Galloway is a practical theologian and former co-leader of the Iona Community.  www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray The Lord will have compassion.  Something to read The Lord will not reject for ever. Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone. –…

HEAT OR HOLINESS?

In two of the smaller rooms in our home, we have heat/light bulbs that prove beneficial at colder parts of the day. On one occasion, a visitor was using the facilities and, because he was tall, soon became aware of the heat on his head!  We would not have known of this if he had…

Climb every mountain

I recently joined with a group of us from Elmsett to visit one of our church members who has been in hospital following a severe stroke. He had suggested that we could meet in the chapel at All Hallows, Ditchingham and share in worship together. It was wonderful to have a full church with voices…

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is Mothering Sunday as I’m sure you all must know. There are so many cards in the shops and adverts for presents and flowers we could hardly forget. So many of us are looking forward to being a bit spoiled but on the other hand there are so many who are not looking forward…