It’s always difficult on a busy day to find the time to stop, pause and reflect. But those are the days when I need to do it most. So here goes.
Stop being busy, stop thinking about my to do list, stop reacting and responding to the demands on my time. Stop.
Pause for breath, pause for prayer, pause to be quiet, pause to listen. Pause.
Reflect on what has happened, reflect on what will happen, but above all, reflect on Jesus – where I have met him (places, Bible, people), what he is doing (in others, through others, in me), what he is saying (to others, through others, to me and through me) and how he has used me today. Reflect.
It’s a simple enough process, but one that I find I need to programme into my day, otherwise it gets squeezed out.
Go on, give it a go.
Reflecting on English:
In celebration of the complexities of the English language, we bring you the following conclusion: English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant.
No ham in the hamburger.
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England.
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted but if we examine its paradoxes we find:-
that Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig
If writers write, how come fingers don’t fing?
If the plural of tooth is teeth shouldn’t the plural of phone booth be phone beeth?
If the teacher taught, why didn’t the preacher praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables why don’t humanitarians eat humans?
Why do people recite at a play yet play at a recital?
How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day and as cold as hell on another?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language whereby a house can burn up as it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out. A bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers and it reflects the creativity of the human race (Which of course isn’t a race at all)
nukelearfishing 
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