Day by Day

Potatoes, Eggs And Coffee Beans “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.” James 1:2-3 (NKJV) A certain chef, when his daughter complained of the struggles of life being too hard to bear, took her into the kitchen and put on three [...]

Wow! “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Psalm 19:1 (NKJV) There I was bringing in the washing when suddenly I was struck motionless looking up into the night sky. It was pretty well cloudless, something remarkable by itself, and dark enough to make the heavenly display plainly visible [...]

‘Paupers Graves’ “Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.” Isaiah 26:19 (ESV) Just a short distance from where we live, behind our local rugby club field, [...]

Straighten Up! “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and [...]

A New Kingdom! “For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son,” Colossians 1:13 (NLT) Jesus invited his disciples to enter a new world, to allow a new reality to transform their inner lives, to throw away the old outdated mental map and the [...]

Hallelujah! “Praise the Lord.” Psalm 150:1 (NIV) The theme of praise dominates all the psalms, but as the end of the Psalter approaches, praise rises to a crescendo. Each of the last five psalms begins and ends with “Hallelujah!” – Literally ‘Praise the Lord.’ Psalm 150 is the climax where we are given the where, [...]

A Beautiful Dream “However, as it is written: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived’—the things God has prepared for those who love Him.’” 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV) As a teenager I thought, and still think today, that the Jaguar E Type is the most beautiful car in the world. [...]

An Entrance “And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.” Revelation 21:10 (NIV) St Albans Cathedral has several gateways but its most important entrance is the Great Gateway. Built in 1365, it has withstood extreme [...]

Offering the Sacrifice of Praise “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” Hebrews 13:15 (KJV) In Psalm 107 David repeats himself four times, “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful [...]

The Image in the Temple “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.” Exodus 20:4 (NIV) I recently learned that when people make a temple to a particular god, they usually set up an idol of the [...]