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40 day challenge day 29: Faith over Fear

A friend once gave me a picture. I love it and have it somewhere I can see it often. It has a mouse floating on a dandelion seed and says ‘let your faith be bigger than your fear’. Part of what I love about it is that it doesn’t say ‘don’t be afraid’ which isContinue reading “40 day challenge day 29: Faith over Fear”

40 day challenge day 28: Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again

Another musical one! I enjoy watching older films. I used to watch them al lot with my grandparents. I love ‘Singin in the Rain’, but I have a soft spot for anything starring Fred Astaire. The films are simple, feel good films, the music is catchy and the dancing is just so effortless. There’s oneContinue reading “40 day challenge day 28: Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again”

40 day challenge day 27: A job well done

I painted a labyrinth this week… We are setting up some interactive prayer stations, and one of those stations is a labyrinth. For those who are interested, a labyrinth is different from a maze because there is only one path that takes you to the centre, no dead ends. Its an inevitable journey with onlyContinue reading “40 day challenge day 27: A job well done”

40 day challenge day 26: Reunion of the heart

During the 2020 lockdown, the place where I worked had a Zoom social with the theme of wearing something from our favourite band/artist. I didn’t have a lot of those. Strike that, I had one I could wear. And so it became a bit of a running joke that I, the youngest in the office,Continue reading “40 day challenge day 26: Reunion of the heart”

40 day challenge day 25: True humility

What comes to mind when you think of humility? It’s the opposite of pride, right? Except its also the opposite of self doubt. Humility is acknowledgement of our weaknesses and our strengths. It is holding the balance between leading and serving. It is being only human and wonderfully human at the same time. It isContinue reading “40 day challenge day 25: True humility”

40 day challenge day 24: Jesus on the outside

I love discovering new angles when reading the bible. I was reading John 9 earlier. Its a widely recognised passage. There is a man who has been blind from birth. The disciples ask why the man is blind, whether it was because he had sinned or his parents had sinned. Jesus answers that neither hasContinue reading “40 day challenge day 24: Jesus on the outside”

40 day challenge day 23: Prayer is like…

Yesterday I was witness to some amazing teaching. A very good friend was encouraging another person to pray. Sometimes when we pray we can think it all rests on us. If things don’t change, it’s our fault. Maybe we used the wrong words or weren’t holy enough. And that fear can sometimes stop us fromContinue reading “40 day challenge day 23: Prayer is like…”

40 day challenge day 22: You do you

Picking up on yesterday’s theme, I found some inspiration from another children’s film. Ferdinand is a film about a bull who starts life in a school for teaching bulls to fight (there’s probably a proper term, can’t think of it off the top of my head). He sees his Dad get taken to a matadorContinue reading “40 day challenge day 22: You do you”

40 day challenge day 21: The Master Baker

On Sunday I shared 2 songs. On Tuesday I explored the meaning behind the first one. On Wednesday I wrote about how to move on from that place. So today, I’ll look a little at the second song. As a reminder, it’s called ‘Tryin” and is about not trying to be who others want youContinue reading “40 day challenge day 21: The Master Baker”