Thought for the day (Page 40)

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)

What must I do?

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by churches of Burkina Faso Resources for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024 (ctbi.org.uk) What must I do to inherit eternal life?” A lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Lk 10:25) This crucial question…

Lights

I recently bought some garden lights. The idea is that they are solar powered – charging up during the day and then automatically lighting up at night. 48 hours of sunlight will result in the lights working for around 6 hours. As they are going to be needed in June, my hope is that they…

Who is my neighbour?

We hear so often about all the negative aspects of social media and some people see these websites as being evil, but they have opened a window to me that I value.  One of the groups I belong to is “Calverley Memories” the page about the village in West Yorkshire where I grew up. I…

A lazy wind

Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Anna Porter The other day I was talking with a friend and discussing the cold weather and both of us were complaining about the wind. She told me about something she had been told when she had moved to Felixstowe many years ago. A lady…

Enjoy the benefits

Tomorrow will be a whole new experience as granddaughter senior goes to a trial gymnastics session. She has been obsessed with bouncing and being upside down for some time now. For her birthday she had a beam screwed into her bedroom floor to enable her to twist and twiddle round it. I’ve never really understood…

Would you bother?

Reading through today’s gospel passage (Luke 5:12-16) I remembered that when I was younger I was infuriated by the comment, ‘I won’t bother’. I knew someone who used it a lot. At the time I thought he was very lazy, but it was only years later that I realised he lacked confidence and may often…

Freedom from the past

www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-reading Something to read Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach. Otherwise, would they not have ceased being offered, since the worshippers,…

SAVIOUR

The recent announcement, in a local paper, that the Broomhill Lido (swimming people to people of my age) is to re-open in 2026 brought back a memory from around 70 years ago. Before attending senior, and while at Primary, school in our final year we used to visit another swimming pool for “lessons” though I…

Not me?!?!

Who me?           What am I doing here?                                                                                                                                                Have you ever suffered from “Imposter Syndrome”?                                                                                              Surely someone else could do a better job than me?                                                                             I’ll mess up, I’ll fail, this is all a terrible mistake? I remember when I was at university, I failed a respiratory physiology exam and that was the end…

We’ve lost Jesus!

I love the books written by the Yorkshire vet Alf Wight or “James Herriot” as we know him.  I think that the man is a genius to have the idea of writing the stories of his experiences of working as a rural vet.  I remember laughing when I first read them, I loved the film…