Dawn

Posted on May 31, 2006
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Here’s a copy of my journal entry from yesterday.

What an amazing time of the day dawn is. I woke up this morning around 4am with a toothache, which has now subsided, but it caused me to rise and watch this spectacular event. When I first got up the sky was still quite murky from the dark, but on the horizon the sun’s morning glow could be seen. Gradually over the next half hour what was left of night disappeared. Over in the eastern sky, the only star left from the night, could still be seen well into daylight. It was, of course, Venus, in all of her majesty.
There are a family of blackbirds which nest in a garden near ours. They visit our home many times during the day. It was really wonderful this morning listening to them sing as they communicated with one another whilst catching their early morning feed. I put some bread in the garden and was able to film them yards away from me, neither of them fussed that I was standing there.
The wonderful thing about dawn is that there is a much slower pace to life. All of the noises consist of nature, no cars can be heard or noises people going about their daily lives. It’s serene. Even the clouds seem to be slowly making their way across the morning sky, as if there was no care in the world. The air is fresh and nice. Again, when there’s nothing else to distract the mind, what beauty and majesty we can see and hear in God’s creation at dawn.
By 5.05am there’s a wonderful red glow in the now fully light sky. Venus has just bid us goodbye for the the day, until dusk tonight. Lots of different birds are now flying around. The red sky now has a deep orange glow on the horizon as the sun now makes her ascent into the morning sky. What a regal way for her to make her entry. All around her life has woken up for the day once her first rays started to lighten up the night sky. Now everything is in place and nature is waiting for, and anticipating her grand entrance. And, as if timed by perfection, there she is in all of her splendour. Bright and glowing beautifully. With the sun’s entrance brings the end to dawn and day has begun. What a great day it’s going to be.

Lord you are wonderful, awesome and amazing. My whole being gives you praise. What man can deny your presence when all around we are surrounded by your beauty and the works of your hands. Let my life be like dawn, help me to slow down and listen and wait. You are Lord of my life, help me to let you take your place fully at the centre of my life, so that in each day I can wake and see you make your majestic entance into my day, as you brighten up my world.

After this I read Genesis Ch1&2

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Nooma

Posted on May 28, 2006
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We watched one of Rob Bell’s Nooma dvd’s in church today. They are pretty good messages which he gives. If you’ve not seen one of the dvd’s, then, usually, Rob is talking about God, faith etc whilst doing something. Today we watched “Trees”, so he was planting trees whilst talking about the beginning of Genesis and the end of Revelation. All the time encouraging the viewer to seek God and allow God to act and be real in their lives now, as God wants to do things through us. Our faith is not just about believing and then waiting for all good things to come in eternity. There’s something up with the world, and we’ve really missed the point if we think that’s it. Go to this link to view Rob’s website

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Ever had ….

Posted on May 27, 2006
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…. a day like this? I feel like I’m having them lately!

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siskin

Posted on May 20, 2006
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I had just finish doing the dishes this evening, and was looking out of the kitchen window, when a beautiful bird landed on the garden fence. I looked it up on the internet, and I believe what I saw was a female Siskin. It was really stunning to see, I’ve never seen one before in all of the years we’ve lived here. I love it when I see different things from God’s creation. It’s amazing how unique and diverse all of creation is. What an imagination God must have. I hope that sometimes I amaze him, just as he amazes me - although my amazement for him is continuous.

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Bono

Posted on May 20, 2006
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I really enjoyed reading The Independent newspaper this Tuesday. Bono from U2 was the guest editor. The paper that day spent a lot of time addressing issues in Africa, such as the Aids epidemic. It also looked at the Make Poverty History campaign, plus the promises made at the G8 summit in Gleneagles last year. I hope that these promises will be fulfilled and will indeed overflow.

Bono’s charity Red has launched a new mobile phone with motorola MOTOSLVRTM
which is available to buy in the UK from Monday. A percentage of buying the phone plus every phone call you make from the phone will be contributed to the Global Fund to help eliminate Aids in Africa for more information follow this link You can keep your usual mobile phone number, just transfer your sim card over. Go on, go and buy one - for something you normally do (making a phone call, texting etc), you will be contributing to helping people in Africa, and it’s not really going to cost you anything.

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