6 Down - 1 to go

6 Days in isolation with only 1 day remaining.

It has been great being at home for the past 6 days - I even achieved some excellent work results too.

I have enjoyed my "isolation" and am not sure if I want to go back to the normal routine of day tot day life.

Our new addition has still not arrived - much to Nat's discomfort, but I think baby no. 3 will be here soon. Once delivered and home, I can enjoy some well deserved holidays - for a few weeks anyway.


Thought for the day..

I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself. Of course, my brothers, I really do not think that I have already on it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead. So I run straight toward the goal in order to wine the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
All of us who are spiritually mature should have the same attitude.

Philippians 3 v 12 - 15a (NT)


Hard to believe sometimes that we are not perfect. Some people would like us to believe this is true.

How difficult it is sometimes to forget what is behind us and look to the future, to the unknown - perhaps a little scary and we prefer to rest on what we know, more so that what the future could possibly hold.

How straight are we running towards the goal ??

Sometimes I think it more a zig-zag than a straight line. There are so many obstacles in our path, it makes it very difficult to focus on the goal at hand. Life throws a few curly situations at us from time to time and we are often so busy to even understand that we may have strayed of the "straight and narrow" even for a short time. Maybe we've gone so far off the right path we can see our way back.

Perhaps we need to spend some time and ask God to help us get our focus back, show us the way and give us the courage to let him take the lead.

Song 586

I do not ask thee, Lord,
That all my life may be
A easy, smooth and pleasant path;
'Twould not be good for me.
But O I ask today
That grace and strength be given
To keep me fighting all the way
That leads to God and Heaven!

Fannie Jolliffe (1862-1947)