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Monday, April 11

Summer sunshine

I have felt the Lord speaking to me recently about sunshine, and the summer. I am still on a journey of discovery about what exactly He is referring to, but my spirit is excited, and in anticipation. It’s funny that isn’t it….that our spirit can sense things before they happen…so we can feel excited/expectant, even though we don’t know what we’re getting excited about!

I have been listening to a CD called ‘Hold On’ by the UK’s Trent Vineyard church in Nottingham.
One of the songs is called Journey Home , and I especially like these words from it:

“Sometimes I feel like I’m falling
Sometimes I feel higher than the stars
Sometimes I can hear you calling
Sometimes I feel lost…but then I lift my eyes up, I see where I belong.
Life is just a journey home, then I will be with you. Life is just a journey home…’


It is isn’t it? But how many times have I become so bogged down in daily matters, that I totally forget where I’m heading, and lose all perspective of where I’m really heading?!
Answer: ALL THE TIME!!!

Here’s some more great lyrics: This song is from the same CD and is called I will hold on.
(I do hope I’m not breaching some copyright, by copying this stuff down .I’m sure I’m not…)

My times are in Your hands
I know I’ll never understand
But I’ll trust in You
Sometimes my heart grows cold
I’m sorry when I take control
How I’m needing you

Even when I fall
You help me stand
Even when I’m lost You take my hand

I will hold on
I will hold on
I will hold on
I can trust in You

My life is in Your hands
You hold the keys to who I am
And I’ll trust in you
Sometimes my heart is stone
I’m sorry when I walk alone
How I’m needing you


Yes, and Amen!


So work is going well, it’s a real blessing. I managed to drop a £5000 watch the other day-woops! No great harm done however. Phew...that would have been a little pricy to replace.
God story of the week….
I wear a suit for work, but I needed a new one. However I did not have enough money in this months pay to purchase one. New suits are usually about £80+ for a nicely tailored ensemble.
So I start stressing that I don’t have enough, and God gently reminds me that He IS the provider of all things, and that there is such a thing as sowing and reaping. Duh! How easily we can forget these things sometimes.
So I plan to sow a seed, but before I have even done that, he sets about answering my prayer.
Answer…within two days I find myself the owner of a new dress, pair of shoes, suit skirt, suit jacket, and top to go with my suit…all for the tidy sum of £50. Not bad!
He is good :o)


5 Comments:

At April 11, 2005 7:52 pm, Blogger Sgt Steve said...

glad that watch was jsut fine. one time when I worked at the VW shop I ruined the paint on the front bumper of a brand new beetle. The bumper had to be repainted but my boss didn't make me pay, mostly cause it wasn't fully my fault. I was using a new product that was stronger than we thought, oops.

 
At April 13, 2005 4:29 pm, Blogger Andrew G said...

i really love that CD too Steph,

:)

 
At April 15, 2005 12:24 pm, Blogger beth said...

Steph, glad you got your suit and extras! I'm praying for lots of summer clothes, too. Somehow I seem to accumulate a ridiculous amount of winter clothes and in the summer I'm scrambling to find outfits. ANYWAY, I just love that line, "life is just a journey home". Some days this earth feels so here and now and...home. BUT then there are times when I feel like an alien and everything looks so temporary and small in the grand scheme of eternity. That inkling is becoming more frequent and I like it.

 
At April 15, 2005 7:01 pm, Blogger mandy said...

i really love hearing what goes on in that beautiful life of yours.
:-)

 
At April 23, 2005 10:35 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You write beautifully! Good things are coming to you Steph. Funny thing about summer. It's been warm all week in California. Then last night a storm rolled in destroying my plans for the beach today. =( I was convinced summer had come and the days of rain were over. I'm not ready to accept the rain! Just goes to show I have no control over the weather. Hm, somehow that sounds like my life! Life is totally unpredictable. Come to think of it so is God. His love is a promise though, "eh"? Thanks Steph!

 

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