I have stopped watching the news before bed and I am trying not to click into it after I do my Bible reading. It jars. I’m not saying avoid the bad things to protect yourself because, sadly, they can hit you even when you’re trying to side-step around them.

I really should be celebrating this every day. I frequently see the answered prayers from grandparents and beyond but most days I forget that I am not here living the life I have purely by accident. Sometimes I remember seeing my grandparents sitting together praying, or my mum kneeling by her bed. I was, am,…

‘See, I am doing a new thing!     Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?’  Isaiah 43:19a (NIVUK)

It was New Year’s Eve when it happened; a big corner of the living room wallpaper fell down, revealing that it had been re-attached with blu-tac. It got me thinking, how often do we plaster a smile over a breaking heart, or a brave face over worry? And is it fooling anyone? I have discovered…

I wrote that sentence down a while ago but saw it again today and thought, as the new year looms, as the list of things I am dreading grows, now is the time to think about affirmation and promise. Shake off apprehension and welcome anticipation of good things.

My son reminded me the other day of a lesson I frequently forget. He saw an amazing sunrise in Aberdeen. He walked towards it and saw dolphins jumping in the sea close by. If he had not looked, or responded to what he saw, he would not have found the sunrise or the dolphins. I…

Sorry, moving house tomorrow and I’m just going to post this again! In 2010, I started blogging as a way to help me deal with my health situation. Over the last 15 years, I’ve posted over 600 times, regularly, on a Monday. I’ve often considered publishing the collection as a book, and I have finally…

There is a mountain of worry in my head. There is a pile of presents on the bed. The sky is covered in clouds. So much is crowding out what really matters. I think about the cradle with baby Jesus, and the cross where He died. I live for those two amazing truths – God…

I was sitting on the sofa, stuck on what I could write about this week when my daughter came smiling down the stairs. I wondered how many times she had done that, and how many times have I missed out on her smile?

Life moves quickly, for some. I don’t know how it got to be 2025. I remember I said at the beginning of this year that it will be the year I would walk properly again. There’s no sign of that happening sadly. It’s November and I’m still the way I was this time last year.…