Stop………

Find myself returning to this barren land of blog after a lengthy absence, been flat out busy and have failed to take time to reflect on the journey this past while. Until these past couple of days that is when God has stepped in and flattened me with a cold/flu type thing which has forced me to stop, and given me the opportunity to reflect.

So here goes: life has been busy and the months have passed me by, but life is good, though somewhat hectic. HAve been going along to the Christian Life and Witnessing Courses in preperation for the forthcoming Celebration of Hope event planned for the Odyssey at the start of April. Has been refreshingly good, solid teaching, a real sense of anticipation of God moving in a big way in coming months on these shores, and a great opportunity to get involved in some small way in Gods kingdom work through this ministry.

Youthwork’s been carrying on, continuing to work through the Sermon on the Mount with the youth on a Sunday Morning at Breakfast in the Book, sharing in fellowship around the breakfast table and then feasting on the Word of Life, and Jesus call to follow in his Upside Down Kingdom. Youth Club and BB are ticking along, would love to do things abit differently with them, but time constraints limit this : if only there were more hours in a day!!

Committee commitments in church have also been eating into time recently, a mixture of frustrations and small steps of progress, but I guess change doesn’t come without its frustrations. Planning ahead for a mission in the community this autumn which will God willing focus our attentions on those outside the 4 walls of the church and challenge us to connect and build bridges with the godless community on our doorstep.

Thats pretty much life at present, somewhat mundane and hectic at times, but all is good. Still trying to keep to the Bible in a year challenge, hard work but immensely benneficial and something i’m trying to discipline myself to do. Also working at removing the areas of sin that i’ve constantly struggled with in recent years, the stumbling blocks Satan uses frequently to trip me up, often when i’m tired/frustrated and failing to spend time with God. It’s about being aware of my areas of weakness and times when Satan will attack, and fleeing from the situatrions which lure me into sin. Still working at it, stumbling along the way, but by Gods grace, and with His Spirits help, i’ll get there.