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)
Nothing in the photograph today is unique. Grass, a river, a field, and trees. Let me explain why that scene is so important in my memory. Recently I attended the 75th birthday celebration of my prep school, Brandeston Hall. We had a thanksgiving service, tea on the terrace, tours of the old place and some…
Today’s thought for the day is brought to us by Today’s contributor is Dr Leigh Goodwin (Assistant director of mission for Assemblies of God, at the time of writing) www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-bible-reading (published 6th June 2023) “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.” – Psalm 130:1. Something to think about This reading goes right…
When the leaves have fallen, the last of the roses have died eventually on the odd bush, the potted geraniums have gone to slime because we forgot to remove them before the frost, and the bulbs are still nestled snuggly under the compost, all may seem dead and there is not much joy to be…
My aunt recently died at the wonderful age of 97. She had no children of her own but was devoted to her various nephews, nieces, great nephews and nieces, great- great nephews and nieces. It fell to me to work with my sister and cousins to put together thoughts for part of her funeral service.…
I spotted this car parked outside our local supermarket just in time before I walked straight into the ladders which extended across one of the main walkways into the entrance. I’m not particularly tall but could have sustained a nasty injury had I walked into them, fortunately the greatest inconvenience was having to duck to…
I thought it would be interesting to look back and see what message I had sent to friends on the 14th October 2020 and on reading it the message applies just as much today as it did 3 years ago. The thought was based on Exodus 17 v 12. “In 1989, paraplegic Mark Wellman climbed…
It was a lovely warm sunny afternoon when Humpty Dumpty club (mothers and toddlers) restarted after the summer break. My granddaughter was ready in her buggy when I arrived to collect her and bounced with excitement as we entered the hall. She is getting familiar with the surroundings and the routines, so once she was…
Sometimes things happen to trigger memories. We have recently been watching the Poldark series on Netflix, not having seen the programmes when they were released initially. They serve to remind the watcher of the harshness of life in Cornwall in past times. Hunger and the grinding poverty of the poor together with limited medicine and…
A young man once told his Christian parents that “God can’t lose!”. Expanding on this, he added, “If you pray asking God about something and your prayer is answered then you thank/praise God for answering prayer. If you don’t get what you ask for, then you say it is not God’s will”. It has also…
This thought was first published in October 2022 At the Christian conference centre I visited a while ago, in the ladies’ toilets there were ‘inspirational messages’ on the backs of the cubicle doors which certainly made me pause for thought. The first was this one: “It is during the worst storm in your life that…