Winds of Change...

As I wake upon a morning still and chill, as I walk under sunshine or rain, as I dance in response to drumbeat and melody, I know I am loved.

As I feel wind upon my face, teasing strands of hair loose to fly, I know God's presence.

His overwhelmingly clear love for His creation apparent in birdsong, in mist laying low upon fallow fields dotted with cattle, in sunset and sunrise blooming and bursting with colours, in that long embrace from long-trusted twin-of-my-heart friend.

I cannot escape it... I cannot live without it...I yearn for more, for stronger connection, for a rising of spirit and quickening of heart.

It is life...

It is hope...

No matter the depths I may descend to, You are there...

No matter the heights I may climb to, You are there...

'Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

if I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,

your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me

and the light become night around me,”

even the darkness will not be dark to you;

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you.'

Psalm 139

I rest in sure knowledge of grace, of mercy, of a love so deep, so unfathomable I cannot fully grasp it.

No matter where you are dear friends, He will meet you there...

No matter how far into the depths you have wandered, He is there...

Never alone, never forsaken and discarded; instead, loved and accepted, cherished and known.

My prayer this morning for each one of you is this; that you may know the love a Father who never leaves, nor forsakes. That hope may make its way into heart and soul, mind and spirit until you truly see who you are in Him. Graced with such love, with such mercy and compassion one can hardly comprehend it.

No matter how deep that pit you've been thrown into seems, you are but a decision away from peace, from life, from hope for a better future. Away from the evil that lives within the person meant to love you.

Stand tall my friends, '"because you are fearfully and wonderfully made.' God does NOT make mistakes, He fashioned you exactly as you are.

Lift that tired and weary head and look up, there you will find surcease, there you will find hope and peace, love and joy everlasting.

Much is changing, I am borne along winds of change with excitement and anticipation of a future I cannot yet see, but know deep within that it is good, it is abundant.

We are living in an age of uncertainty, but oh dear treasures! We have one who never changes, whose love is unfailing, unrelenting no matter the provocation we feel may disturb that love, that grace.

Walk in confidence dear hearts, walk in the knowledge that YOU are important, special, crucial. Always.