Wednesday 29 May 2013

Love

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“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” ~ C.S Lewis
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Meet Vini

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 Me,  my lovely wife Sarah, Ben (The Dynamic Force), Ben's wife Rosie & their son Vini, went for a lovely picnic yesterday in the Isabella Plantation at Richmond Park, London (photos to follow soon).

 Camera Used ~ Nikon D2Xs

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God Will Invade!

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God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realise what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks onto the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else – something it never entered your head to conceive – comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it. ~ C. S. Lewis

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Saturday 18 May 2013

The A21 Campaign

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stxmmQqKL0E

At our church meeting on sunday morning i was moved by  Rebecca West and her talk about the A21 Campaign, and how she is running a 10k run to help raise money and more awareness for this great charity. Rebecca started by playing the video above then told us a little about what she was doing to help.

Rebecca's message:

Hello, me and two other friends are doing a 10 k run on the 18th of May, called We Own The Night, in London Victoria Park!

We wanted to use this opportunity to raise money for an amazing charity called A21. (More details below)

The charities aim is to abolish sex slavery across the globe and provide medical care, life skills and job training so those that have been effected by slavery.

There are more slaves in the world today than at any other point in human history, with an estimated 27 million in bondage across the globe. Men, women, and children are being exploited for manual and sexual labor against their will.

BUT! we can start with one life and the little amount you can give will release a life of slavery into a life of freedom.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and thank you so much for your support!

Rebecca West

Heres how you can find out more about A21 and donate through Just Giving. How you can donate on the Just Giving Site

http://www.justgiving.com/Rebecca-West2?utm_source=emailvision&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FR_page_creation

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My Own Little World

Marshall Rocks!!!

Marshall climbing rocks and looking for crabs etc...

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A couple more shots of my brother-in-law Marshall. :D

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My own little world

This video really challenged me to look at the mission field between my own two feet. I hope it will challenge you too to realise that there is such a huge need right on our own door steps or in our own town/city. It helps show that if we really loved these people around us instead of judging the way they look, act or the situations they find themselves in, then we can understand and show the compassion, grace and love of Jesus and help transform lives!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuVSe1Cz4Es

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WordPress Family Award

WordPress Family Award

A huge thanks to Adeline for thinking of me for this award. Adeline is such an inspiring sister who lives out and mirrors the love of Jesus around the world. Please check out her blog "Dancing In The Storm" and be blown away with how God works in and through her life!

A message from Shaun, the creator of this award:

"This is an award for everyone who is part of the “WordPress Family” I started this award on the basis that the WordPress family has taken me in, and showed me love and a caring side only WordPress can. The way people take a second to be nice, to answer a question and not make things a competition amazes me here. I know I have been given many awards, but I wanted to leave my own legacy on here by creating my own award, as many have done before. This represents “Family” we never meet, but are there for us as family. It is my honour to start this award. Thank you, Shaun @ http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/"

Rules:

  1. Display the award logo on your blog.
  2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
  3. Nominate 10 others you see as having an impact on your WordPress experience and family.
  4. Let your 10 Family members know you have awarded them.
  5. That is it. Just please pick 10 people that have taken you as a friend, and spread the love.

Adeline has already listed a few of the people I was going to nominate (you know who you are!) :) So I will continue to add 10 more who have truly made me feel loved, encouraged and part of this amazing WordPress Family.

My nominees

  1. The Most Excellent Way
  2. Wannabephotographer87
  3. thinkinaboutjesus
  4. Peace Of My Heart
  5. Nancy Loderick's Blog
  6. Diary of a person being human
  7. Simplyenjoy
  8. Fragrant Grace
  9. Unwalled
  10. Heavenlyraindrops

Once again I need about 200 more blogs to nominate! :)

📖 Verse 4 2day! 

Romans 12:5 (NIV)
so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

Don't Be Afraid Of Pressure

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"Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond." ~ Nicky Gumbel

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Weekly Photo Challenge: "Look Down"

Looking directly down out of the hot air balloon basket onto what looks just like broccoli but they are actually trees!

I have been inspired to try the "Weekly Photo Challenge" by Ishaiyafreshlysqueezed.

As this weeks theme is "Look Down" I thought I could use the photo I took when Sarah & I went up in a hot air balloon and the trees look just like broccoli! :)

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Our Balloon Flight

Broccoli

 

Don't Oversleep

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If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.          ~ Nicky Gumbel

Photo of Bruce asleep onhis bed after a long walk

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Friday 10 May 2013

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Be loyal in what you say about those who are absent and you will build the trust of those who are present.