When we get it wrong….
Getting told off is no fun at all. I don’t know about you, but when someone tells me I’m getting it wrong, I become defensive and insecure. I feel humiliated. I tend to sulk....
Monthly Archive: May 2015
Living the role and loving the people……
Saul is king. But maybe he doesn’t really start to be king until this – When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. He...
A crisis of confidence….
Crises of confidence…we all have them, don’t we? Or is it just me? I pretty much walk around with at least one crisis of confidence about one area of my life or another raging...
Called out of the comfort zone…….
Enter Saul. Saul, son of Kish, a Benjamite, a man of standing. Saul, as handsome a young man as could be found anywhere in Israel. Saul, a head taller than anyone else. Saul, who was...
Awkward Conversations
Awkward Conversation 1: the elders of Israel and Samuel No offence, Samuel, we all know you’ve done a fantastic job keeping the peace in our nation all these years, but……yes, we know, there’s always...
It’s all very ‘Raiders of the lost ark’ today….
So we leave Samuel where he is for now. He has some growing and maturing to do. God has spoken directly to him and he has shown himself willing to follow and trust and...
From your son (if I can call myself that), Sam
Many teenagers struggle with identity issues and questions about their background and in my experience, adopted children have more questions than most. When my adopted daughter entered adolescence, she had more questions than I...
When our kids show us up…..
A couple of days ago, as I was leaving the gym with Andy and the kids, the receptionist exclaimed ‘Wow! You’ve been again! We should call you the fit family!’ I left the gym...
Three versions of the same song……
Hannah paid a price few would willingly pay. Her desperation led to a promise to God that she would deliver on. She wanted a child for herself – she had a child who would...
Waiting for an answer…….
We left Hannah walking away from the Lord’s temple. Waiting for God to hear her prayer and respond. She’d been desperately crying out to God for an end to her childlessness. And now she...
