Thursday 22 October 2009

Great quote!!


Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
The Princess Diaries

Pruning


We all know that pruning, although painful or at least uncomfortable at times, is good. A seed needs to die before it can grow and flourish again. BUT, I have to say, I hate it.
I feel as if this year has been a year of pruning as so much has been stripped away or pared down. I know the purpose of all of this is for good, but I have to be honest in saying I still don't like it. And the reason why? Well I am not good at sitting around & doing nothing!!! I am a 'do-er' who is not good at waiting. Which I think is why there is a God-purpose in this physical 'disability' I have in quite severe knee injuries and the resulting operations & recouperation from them.
I recently read this:-

"When God makes changes in our lives and we're willing to let Him, He starts by cutting away all that is unnecessary. In this process He strips from us everything that could hinder our future growth in order to prepare us to bring forth good fruit. Our life may look barren during those times but God is actually freeing us from anything that does not bring forth life. This process of surrendering all to the Lord, especially our dreams and desires, is called pruning."

This helps..
It helps in knowing it was right to put down so much.
It helps in knowing there is purpose in this season of life.
It helps in highlighting that Paul and the girls are such a life-giving force in my life.

But what am I to do with the rest of my time? God alone knows.........

Tuesday 20 October 2009

Hello


Well, after some considerable time away from the world of blogging, I decided it was high time I got back to it! My lovely hubby Paul just doesn't understand any of this stuff and why anyone would want to blog/facebook/twitter/msn etc etc etc. But then he is still a season ticket holder at Leicester City despite not having lived there for close on 25 years, so whose sanity is the one that should be questioned?????!!!!!!!

Anyway - much has happened in the Gibson household over the past few months including holidays, GCSEs (science modules), 2 knee operations - one of which was particularly horrible (and at least another one to look forward to early in 2010), BBQs, Paellas, rather severe haircuts for both me and Ellie and a whole host of other stuff. Church has been, well shall we say 'interesting', this year and Sawyers now moves on into a new season with a new pastor and the ever-so-lovely Roos family start afresh elsewhere which all looks SOOOOO exciting. Don't half miss 'em though!

'Step into the Bible' came to a halt but my time of 'immobilisation' was not wasted and some more writing was done and I'm sure I'll blog further about this in due course.

I have so much I want to plan and do and just pray I'll have the 'platform' to actually roll the stuff out. Good job God's in control cos I just don't have the foggiest what's ahead. One thing I do know is that He sure as heck wouldn't have inspired me to write stuff for it to just be kept shut away - and that nothing is wasted is His economy.

So, watch this space for more news in due course.

But for now - cheerio.............

Monday 19 October 2009

I'm back!

Time to start blogging again........