Impact

We may never know how much of a difference we make doing even just the simple things in our daily life. 

A drop in the puddle

The ripple in the pond

The waves over the sea

Your footprints behind you

The smile as you pass by

A chat whilst you wait

The gesture to sit down

The chance to catch up

The invitation for dinner

The smallest thought

The kindest word

The simple action

It can mean so much

To the people we meet

We show them we care

The impact we have

We may never know

We do it for The One

10 years on.....

I was reminded earlier in the month that its been 10 years since leaving Bible college.
That question you get asked towards the end of college - Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?

Well its now 10 years later and here I am.

Footprints

Such a long way to go down this road

I have come so far but there is further ahead

Look back at where I have been

The steps I took, the footprints I made

The memories I have

The obstacles I overcame

The people I met

The difference I had

The changes in me, I have grown

Looking back all that time

I wasn’t alone

God was there beside me

He carried me though the worst

We rejoiced together

Laughed and cried at times

But through it all God was there with me

Comforted me when I needed it most

Looking ahead now, I can’t see the end

I can’t see the next problem

But I know God is there

The light is dim, but it lights the way

A few steps at a time

I can feel God at my side

I don’t know what’s ahead

What problems or obstacles I might face

But God has it planned

I need not worry

It's all been planned

God guide my steps

Allow me to walk in your footprints

So that I might tread where you have already trod

I might become more and more like you every day in everyway

This is our God

Almighty

Beautiful

Compassionate

Deliverer

Eternal

Faithful

Gracious

Holy

Incomparable

Judge

King

Loving

Merciful

Never failing

Omnipotent

Powerful

Quencher

Redeemer

Sovereign

Triumphant

Unequalled

Victorious

Wonderful

Xceptional

Yearning

Zealous

 

This season

This season we remember the gifts that we have
the things we hold dear, the things we live for
We share our time, our presents with those we love
We enjoy fun, games, food and fun together
We travel around from here to there, to enjoy time with others elsewhere
We may look back, reflect over the year before
We may hold regrets of those things left undone or unsaid
those plans, hopes and dreams abandoned along the way
The memories of places, people and the things we did
And now we have the new year ahead
A time to make changes, to renew those dreams
To open those gifts we have left untouched
To give our all to those we meet
Jesus came down to earth, His presence, God's gift to us.
What will we do with the year ahead?
What will you do with the gifts you have?

Locked away

On a similar vein to the previous one.

Locked away

Like a cat waiting to pounce

Like a coiled up spring

A ball at the top of a slope

A runner on the blocks

A race car revving its engine

That energy inside

That potential locked away

Invisible and unseen

Undetected and unused

Until that moment of release

The tension builds

The pressure mounts

So much could happen

Things could go wrong

People could get hurt

People might see the real me

I look at you my church

I look at you my people

I know you intimately

I love you dearly

I know your hearts desires

I know your skills, gifts and talents

You are like that cat waiting to pounce

That coiled up spring.

I see that energy

I see your potential locked away

It can’t stay hidden from me

I gave it to you for a reason 

 

Be my church

Do my will

Do your part

Use your skills, gifts and talents

The ones I gave you, for my glory

I release you my church, my people

I will be with you every step of the way

I will comfort you

I will protect you

I will guide and lead you

I will carry you when you are weary

I release you to do all that I have planned for you.

 

 

Spark into a flame

Something to get you and me motivated and praying for those things God has said in the past which havent yet been fully achieved in reality....Come on my soul....

This glimmer of light

This dusty old tool

This died out fire

Open the windows

Drawback the blinds

Tear down the curtains

Let my light into the darkness

Do the spring cleaning

Clear out the house

Find those forgotten and lost tools

Sharpen them

Make yourselves ready for use

Stoke that fire

Pile up the wood

Keep it burning

Never let it out

This passion will grow 

I will ignite those sparks

Yours sparks, your dreams

My plans for you all 

Get ready I will ignite those sparks into a flame

The Scope of Prayer

I cant claim to have written this one, But its amazing.......

 

The scope of prayer
Through prayer there is no problem that can't be solved,
no sickness that can't be healed, no burden that can't be lifted,
no storm that can't be weathered,
no devastation that can't be relieved,
no sorrow that can't be erased,
no poverty cycle that can't be broken,
no sinner that can't be saved,
no perishing that can't be rescued,
no fallen that can't be lifted,
no hurt that can't be removed,
no broken relationship that can't be mended,
no difference that can't be resolved,
no hindrance that can't be shaken,
no limitation that can't be overcome,
no mourning that can't be comforted,
no ashes that can't be that can't become beauty,
no heaviness that can't be covered with the garment of praise,
no thirst that can't be quenched, no hunger that can't be filled,
no dry ground that can't be flooded,
no desert that can't blossom,
no congregation that can't be revived,
no preacher that can't be anointed,
no church pews that can't be filled,
no church leadership team that can't become 'one,'
no community that can't be Christianised and
no nation that can't be transformed.

Anon. Cure of all Ills, Mary Stewart Relfe p.5 (slightly adapted Tony Cauchi)

Yearning

For all those people out there that are waiting and hoping for promises that are yet to be revealed or fully forfilled.

Yearning

A promise given

The spoken words received

Shatter this present day

A new time is coming

Heralded, beckoned in

Summoned from afar

The heart is waiting

The spirit is yearning

The body is anticipating

The mind is expecting

Poised ready for it

For that promise to come

Of more than now

Of better times to come

Keep watching and waiting

It will come one day

Keep yearning and hoping

For it will come someway.