Beyond the blues

I have read that a grain of indigo can colour a ton of water - which indicates how infectious the blues can be! Little things can colour our day and blur our vision. So what can help us? One answer to depression is prayer. In Psalm four we read, "There be many that say who will shew us any good?Lord lift up the light of thy countenance upon us" (KJV). When the outlook was bad the writer tried the uplook! We could do the same.

In God's waiting room

It is said that all men think all men mortal but themselves and it is true that many people - men and women alike - give little thought to their own demise and what may follow. At one time preachers often spoke about the furniture of heaven and the termperature of hell. Now user friendly sermons give such subjects a wide berth. Of course, there is no need to be morbid, but we are all in God's waiting room and one day we will be called to give account. Personally, I am calmly confident, not because I think that I am good but because I know that God is, and that the Judge of all the earth will do right.

A traveller's tale

Aussie's are known as great travellers. The accent may be heard in New York, Beijing or old London town. But we need to ask ourselves where all our travelling gets us. In one sense, only the inward journey is real . It is not what happens to us but what happens in us that counts. Some of the greatest people who ever lived didn't travel very widely in a geographical sense but they went a long way in their hearts and minds - and that is what matters. I believe that going all the way with Jesus Christ is what brings true fulfillment, and faith is the ticket to ride.

Alive in more ways than one

When Christians claim that Jesus is alive just what do they mean? Firstly, they believe that he is alive with God the Father in Heaven, secondly, that he lived on in the cherished memories of those who knew him on earth -memories perpetuated in the gospels - and thirdly that he is alive through the Holy Spirit who makes him the most knowable person on the planet. Millions of perfectly rational human beings claim to know Jesus - (and not just know about him) and they find their lives tranformed through their relationship with him. He is only a prayer away!

All alive

Easter is not just a date on a calendar but an experience in the heart.