Time flies

Well it has been a while since I wrote a blog post, getting on for six months. I can not believe where the time has gone.  It has been mainly a very good year

I will have to catch up with writing about The Big Church day out weekend, Sunday School teachers network and Torch Trust as well as some good family time over the summer as well as thinking about how my faith is continuing to grow and develop.
 
Change on many levels for me seems to have been a big theme this year and will continue into 2014 as well I think. Apart from my hair going to blonde then dark again lol.

Blonde Hazel

However will save all that for another day. What I had it on my heart to write about today is taking time to stop, reflect and get back to God. It is so easy to get carried away with our busy lives that we need to slow down and take stock of what we are doing and where we are. Also spending time with God in prayer and reading the word can so easily take a back seat particularly when things are chugging along nicely.  However God has a way of drawing us back into the fold. My boys were learning about the good shepherd in Sunday school this morning. William said on our way home that we are the sheep and when we get lost or go our own way Jesus gets us back where we are meant to be.

 We are doing an evening bible study on 1 John for the last 2 Sundays.  It has been interesting and challenging and I am learning a lot.  Last Sunday the Pastor who is leading tonight's session suggested I take a look at this weeks chapter.  I have read and thought about it several times this week and get more meaning from it every time.  It always amazes me how when you read the word and ask the Spirit for knowledge you learn so much.  This happened recently with a Sunday school lesson on first glance at the text it did not make sense but after praying about it I think I learned as much if not more then the children.  

I had a rough day on Thursday the circumstances of which I cant really go into.  Something I thought was an answer to prayer did not turn out the way I expected. I felt hurt by people I trusted even though that was not their intention. However this situation made me cry out to God in a way I have not done before and of course He is faithful. At work on Friday one of the Pastors was preaching on Psalm 30 "weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning".  I spent time reading this Psalm and it really helped me put things in perspective but also reminded me that God is in all things. 

At Church this morning the worship was all on the theme of getting closer to and trusting God. We sang Be Thou My Vision, Cornerstone and You Alone can Rescue. I could not stop the tears from flowing although I was not crying because I was sad any more.  I thank God for being there for me this week although of course He is always there and I pray I will continue to learn and grow in faith, trust and understanding.