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Sallys-Journey
Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire
Spiritual Seeker, newbie sailor, Wife, Mother, Methodist Minister.
Interests: spirituality, music of all kinds, tai-chi, images, films, poetry, walking especially through autumn leaves and on the beach in winter, music ( all kinds), swimming, sailing (small boats), cycling and reading, often 4-5 books at once....
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Every now and then I am reminded by somebody that God always offers us a fresh start, a clean sheet, a new day, sometimes because like many I find it almost impossible to free myself from regrets and recriminations I... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Eternal Echoes
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Come wondrous lover of my soul, wrap me in comfort, fill me with peace, strengthen me with Holy power, do not hold back, come, come overwhelm me with your abundant grace, ignite a fire within my heart that yearns and... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Eternal Echoes
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Come Spirit of life and light, blow through the cobwebbed corners of my heart, sweep in, cleanse and clear the dross, bring life's gift afresh, then light me up, flood my soul with your illuminating presence, heal me, set me... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
:-) thank you for your encouragement
Toggle Commented May 17, 2013 on Set your fire.... ( a prayer) at Eternal Echoes
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this is a gift, this rising sun pushing back the clouds of doubt, pain, and night, yet even here are shadows, for yesterday cannot be discounted, nor easily forgotten, and her memory becomes sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet, but more often... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
:-) there aren't enough words are there Hugh?
Toggle Commented May 16, 2013 on A blessing for Sarah Judith at Eternal Echoes
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How did it get to be Thursday? And is it really Pentecost this week? And while I am at it, am I really a grandmother, and how has my life changed so dramatically over the last few months and years?... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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Lord bless Sarah Judith, this new gift of life, hedge her around with your protection, bless her mother and father who will hold and protect her, and grow in her your gifts, potentials and possibilities, may she know joy and... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
thank you
Toggle Commented May 10, 2013 on asking, seeking, knocking at Eternal Echoes
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Thank you Charles
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I am pondering the ascension on Ascension Day, pondering and wondering, trying to put myself into the shoes of the gathered disciples as they watched in amazement as Jesus disappeared . What a roller coaster ride they have had, not... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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ask you say, well some days I don't know what to ask or how, but here I am praying that you will still the storm that rages all about me, longing for your peace, and seeking the still small voice... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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Set your fire within my soul, and burn in me a passion for you, pour your life into my life until I overflow with love and grace. Plant seeds of faith to grow, spread and produce a harvest, then sing... Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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This is the season of fire and wonders, of gifts poured out, of birth and growth, of seeds seemingly dormant bursting now with lifes new gift, pushing aside the dark of the earth and celebrating in the warming sun, this... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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from deep to deep you call, out of the depths I cry, take my life, I can offer you no other... + I hold my prayer before you, pouring out my longings, come work in me a wonder, take this... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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Whispers of grave clothes beckon me today, whispering, conspiring, insistent voices demanding death where life has been given, telling old stories over and over, sucking me down to the grave. + But I will stand firm in this new life,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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Up from my knees he has lifted me, and as we walk , my shaking steps in step with his firm and strong, he gives another command, free from the grave clothes I am exposed, so a cloak is brought... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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rising from my knees, still filled with awe I find I am shaking with wonder, my mind fills with questions, how do I embrace life now? loosed from the graves binding clothes I can never be the same, I do... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
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into the cold bleakness of deaths black silence, he spoke my name, calling me forth, and my whole being quickened, my heart pounded my soul stirred, and sensing the light I struggled to be free, fought to break off the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
Always a tough one Hugh, but I do know that some of our activities will cease over the next year as we seek God, others won't. the point is the burden is lifted.
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Thank you Charles
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what was it like to die, to let go, to relinquish your hopes and dreams? + did you try to cling on, did you fight? did you cry, scream and shout your objections to heaven? + Did you wonder where... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Eternal Echoes
Good observations Matt, I too think he makes us uncomfortable because he reveals what we are and what we don't want to be, he raises questions for us. Love the cartoon btw,
Toggle Commented Apr 17, 2013 on Where is the Older Brother? at Glocal Christianity
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Over the last few weeks I ( by the grace of God) have persuaded two churches to stop and to commit and re-commit themselves to an intentional period of waiting on God, I have suggested that we simply stop doing... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at Eternal Echoes