Category: grace
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God’s trophy cabinet
I put my size eleven feet in it recently. I forgot to do something I said I would do and as a result some people were upset. What would you do in those circumstances? Shrug, accept that we are all fallible and carry on… Worry about it and make yourself upset… Write a note of…
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rememberiscence
This morning I had a moment of reminiscence. I am not sure if I was daydreaming or remembering, nor do I know what triggered it, but all of a sudden I found myself remembering being at my Grandparents’ church singing “To God be the Glory!” A rememberiscence: TO GOD BE THE GLORY! great things He…
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launch time
Today my boat finally gets to go into the water. She’s ship-shape and raring to go. (What other shape would a boat be?) I will be loading her into the back of my car along with all the kit that goes along with her and heading off to Chelmsford Radio Yacht Club to relaunch her…
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lessons for dummies
In my study I have a dummy. Some of you may have suspected that for a long time! Actually I think the technical name is a mannequin. I bought it in order to be able to photograph it in different poses and use them as photographs to accompany words on PowerPoint slides that I use…
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Who are you?
Yesterday morning we had a service of Believer’s Baptism at our church. The lady being baptised (Allison, pictured in the middle) shared her story in an incredibly honest and powerful way. From responses afterwards I am sure everyone was moved by her testimony about finding faith in the midst of a serious illness. I have…
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euphemistically speaking
We have interesting euphemisms for innocuous occurrences. “bun in the oven” – pregnant “economical with the truth” – liar “indisposed” – on the loo (we all do it) “pre-loved” – second hand (yes, honestly, it’s a phrase that’s coming into usage) “built for comfort, not speed” – overweight “need to recharge my batteries” – tired…
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Time travel solves many problems
Yesterday my computer forgot who I was. In fact I’m not sure it even knew who it was. I tried to log on to the computer in the afternoon and was told that my user profile was corrupted. This meant that I could not access the computer as myself and it would not open up…
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bite your tongue
Last week I bit my tongue. No, I wasn’t trying to keep silent when there was a temptation to say something, I genuinely bit my tongue. It hurt. This morning I realised that the wound caused by my tongue gnashing was a lot better. I felt pleased about that, because it had been awkward, irritating,…
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smell you later
A couple of days ago a chilli con carne was being prepared in our house. Actually technically it was in the kitchen on the stove, not all over the house. All the ingredients were prepared, put into the pan to cook, and left to simmer gently. The family settled down to watch part two of…
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out of tune squeaks
Thank you to those friends who expressed concern about the man-flu outbreak. It is now under control and I don’t think will spread from me to become an epidemic of swine flu proportions. In fact, (hem, hem) it probably was only a cold. And (embarrassed shuffling of feet) it has mostly gone. Don’t get me…
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