Past, Present & Future.....

At the moment I am reading an amazing book called 'The Shack" - it is truly awesome. I have heard really mixed reviews about it but can honestly say I love it!!!

So I have got to a chapter where I honestly cant move on, I just keep reading it over and over again as different things keep leaping out at me so I decided to blog about them instead of keep reading them!

A character in the book asks the questions are humans supposed to live in the past, present or future? Also where do you/I live; past, present or future?

The book then talks about how much can be remembered by looking back into our pasts - but only for a visit and not an extended stay.

Also if you think, the future you imagine is usually without God and can sometimes be quite fearful. This character says 'without wisdom the imagination is a cruel task-master'. By imagining, you are trying to take power over your future, which actually is something that is unreal and probably wont be real either. You try to play God, imagining the evil that you fear becoming reality, and then you try and make plans and contingencies to avoid what you fear.

A person who lives by their fears will not find freedom in God's love...

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Lists...........

So recently I have been very efficient and have been making lots of lists. Like most people I have made a list of things I want to do before I die.......it is HUGE!!!! I have so many things I want to do - looks like I am going to be very very busy!!! Thought I would share 10 things. 1. Get Married 2. Become a Mum 3. Go Bungee Jumping 4. Watch the Lion King in London 5. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower 6. Meet Take That (!) 7. Sing on a West End Stage 8. Go to Australia 9. Write My Story 10. Touch 20 people's lives Just a small insight to one of my random lists!!!

Channel Four.......

This evening I watched a programme called 'The Virgin Daughters" on channel four. It was all about purity and sex before marriage. I have to be truthful it totally freaked me. I really believe that marriage is sacred and an act that shouldn't be taken into lightly, I also whole- heartedly believe that you should save yourself for marriage. Saving yourself however I don't believe means you cant hold hands or kiss. God isn't going to be upset with you because you kissed a boy at the age of 15, you aren't going to be unclean for holding someone of the opposites sex hand. It makes me think what impression are we giving to younger non-Christians, 'if you become a Christian you cant hold you boyfriend/girlfriends hand until you're married'; that is insane and frankly I don't think 98% of young people will buy into. Also no offense to my Dad, however I don't want him to pick my future husband. If my previous boyfriends asked my Dads permissi...

Emma Bearfoot.......

Tonight I am really sad, a good friend of mine from the Royal Brompton died very suddenly yesterday. I went back and read her blog this evening and it really moved me. Do people know if they are going to die? Although she has been unwell, Emma had a heart attack so no one actually could have predicted her passing, yet her last blog talks about life and death, and how you must make the most of life while you have it. It is so moving when re-reading it now she has gone. Even though I have known her for a few years, I never knew she had a blog until I received a comment on mine a couple of months ago. Apparently I touched her because she yearned for a faith and a relationship with Christ, but did not know how to possess one. We have shared some awesome email conversations about life and Jesus. My prayer tonight is she found what she was so desperately longing for...

Live for each day!!!

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