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)
Way back in the days before package holidays overseas, most people took their holidays in this country. I remember a family friend, going to Nigeria and following the holiday, she showed her slides from her holiday at an event in the Church. I remember being enthralled by a picture she had taken out of the…
The other day I noticed little bits of white poking out from the leaves on my Helleborus. Some of the blooms were almost above the leaves but on separating the leaves there were loads of blooms still making their way slowly skywards. When they all grow a bit more I’m going to have a beautiful…
Badge testing at gymnastics! 11 challenges of which the granddaughter had to complete 8 to qualify for her first certificate and coveted badge. She had listened really carefully to the instructions, practised at home and warmed up enthusiastically so she was ready and prepared. I watched as one by one she did her stuff on…
I recently reached one of those points that will be familiar to many of you. The daily juggling act of work priorities (for which I am paid), and volunteering (for which I pay) is usually manageable. Then along comes a whole new list of demands in the latter category and I have had to say,…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Rev Claire Jones www.christianaid.org.uk/resources Something to read With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. – Psalm 119:10-11. Something to think about I…
Listening to a Methodist church choir from the USA, I was intrigued to hear a spiritual song that included these words. “I am ready when you call me Lord but give me just a little more time.” For several years I was privileged to be employed in an administrative capacity with a Retirement Home for…
I was driving home from a time of worship at our local MHA at Norwood in Ipswich this afternoon singing along to my favourite Worship Song of the moment – Living Hope by Phil Wickham. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-1fwZtKJSM It opens with the words How great the chasm that lay between us, How high the mountain I could…
I could only have been seven or eight at the time, when my brother and I were dragged along to a Church meeting where the adults were talking about building a new Sunday School building. I can’t remember how much the building was going to cost, but I can remember the amount being way outside…
I recently travelled by bus from Felixstowe to Ipswich to visit one particular shop. I find it very relaxing just to be able to sit and enjoy the journey and not to have to concentrate on driving. Sometimes I watch the countryside and houses going by and sometimes I use the time to think about…
At a recent prayer meeting, someone said that a better translation for the word ‘love’ in John 3:16 would be ‘cherish’. I only have a smattering of knowledge of Biblical Greek so I can’t be sure of the accuracy of the translation but I do know that when I substituted ‘cherish’ for ‘love’ in that…