In Moments Like This

God the master of time, never gives the future. He gives only the present, moment by moment.

  • Day 43 – Is This Ordinary?

    What is ordinary? What feels ordinary to one personmay feel impossible,even extraordinary,to another. Ordinary?Nothing special?nothing distinctive?nothing worth noticing? But is that really true? Swimming is ordinary for me.Pull, breathe, kick.The body knows what to do.Years of repetition have made it instinctive.There is no need to think.Stroke after stroke,lap after lap,the mind settles. In the water,there… Read more

  • Day 42 – Wounded Faith

    Today I met someone named Barnabas. Since I had never met a Barnabas before, I asked him if he was a Christian. He replied, “I used to be. Then I went to a school full of gangsters. How could I remain Christian? I got beaten up because it was nerdy to be Christian.” He laughed… Read more

  • Day 41 – Courage to ask

    Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. You are not a distant GodWho ignores the pain of your people.You empathise with those who suffer. When the leper asked, “If You want to, You can cure me.”You replied, “Of course I want to. Be cured!” The leper did not doubt what… Read more

  • Day 40 – A listening Heart

    Speak Lord Your servant is listening. How to be still? To be silent and available? To have a listening heart? Read more

  • Day 39 – No Prayer Wasted

    Lord you heard the prayers of Hannah And all who come to you in their despair Teach me to trust That no prayer offered to You is ever wasted. Read more