The Prodigal Daughter Returns

 "The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?."  Proverbs 18: 14 "The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?" Proverbs 18: 14 "But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit." 1 Corinthians 6: 17 "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." I Thessalonians 5: 23 ---- There was a time when my mum had to have hip replacement operations. One of them was even botched and she had to have it redone which meant spending lots of time in hospital. Even though mum went through a lot of suffering, she had hope she was going to be well.  She demonstrated her faith by ordering outfits and shoes that she intended to wear to church when she got better. That's exactly what happened  - mum got to wear her outfits to church.  A few months later, mum fell ill again.  I...

I've been meaning to get a handheld fan that a work colleague recommended,  but the store was sold out last week. I figured now thar it's slightly cooler, it wouldn't be so popular and I can get myself one. I was at the store first thing this morning. They told me they only had two remaining on the shelf, but the customer ahead of me had just grabbed them. They said it was too early to know whether any more had been delivered. The customer, who had just grabbed the last two, turned round and said to me, "I'm not greedy! You can have one." "Thank you so much!" I said to her.  "God bless you!". "Thank you! It's good to share!" she smiled. We were all happy, including the sales assistant. Thank you, God, for providing my fan! ❤️ Here's a photo of the fan, which can also be used as a desk fan.  It's brilliant! 👍 Fan bought from John Lewis.

"In Your presence is fullness of joy ." Psalm 16: 11 --- Someone told me I seemed very happy and I must be enjoying my job. I told him my mental state has nothing to do with my job, which is actually very challenging.   I wasn't inspired to go into further details. I believe there is a difference between human happiness and Joy Human happiness comes and goes. When things are going well, you're happy; when they're not, you're miserable. However, the Joy of the Lord stays with you whether things are going well or not. Nothing can take away my Joy, which is a gift from God. ❤️

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." Romans 12: 1 ---- I believe every moment I call on God for help or acknowledge His Presence, I am possessed by the Holy Spirit who works in and through me. Here's one example. When a fly came through my open bedroom window, I asked it to go out, but it kept flying around. So I  After about a minute, I couldn't take the buzzing anymore so I thought, God, please let this fly out! I then opened the window a lot wider and pulled the curtain out of the way. "Come on!" I pointed to the open window. The fly went out. As it was leaving, I could have sworn I heard the fly say, "Thanks, Sue!"  Have a nice day, Mr Fly! 😆

"In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3: 6 ---- So I went to this particular store to buy a birthday gift for a friend. What should I get her? I thought about getting her a gift voucher.  I know, I'll get her some beauty products! At the beauty department, I found a lovely pack of hand wash and lotion, which I thought she would like. On the way to the cashiers, I had a thought it wasn't right. After replacing the package back on the shelf, I asked myself, Lord, what should I get my friend? I had a thought about getting her a gift voucher. I remembered my friend had told me she had bought her trainers from a branch of this store. She obviously shops in this store so she can buy what she likes with the gift voucher at her closest branch. I then went to the cashiers to get the gift voucher, but there was a long queue there. I decided to try the cashiers at the men's department.  Other customers seem to have had the same idea as ...

A few years ago, I got chatting to this woman on the bus. She told me she was a Christian and we exchanged phone numbers. I also gave her my Facebook username for her to connect when she was ready. For a few weeks, we chatted via text. One day, I received a text from her to let me know that she had been reading my posts on Facebook and she thought I was demonic. She told me to never contact her again. She even blocked my number. At the time, I thought she was deluded. Surely if I was demonic, I wouldn't be following Jesus's teachings in the Bible. Oh well, her loss, not mine! I remember texting a friend about this and he told me that maybe it's because I think so different from a lot of people. He assured me I wasn't demonic and told me not to worry about it. Although I  tried to put that Christian woman's accusation out of my thoughts, something inside of me wondered - what if  she was right and I am the one who is deluded and being deceived? During the C*vid lockd...

Last night I had a dream  I was reading the book of Isaiah in the Bible.  All I kept seeing were  the words: Restoration,  Restoration, Restoration. ------ Father God, thank you for restoring all that was lost and stolen in Jesus name. Amen! ❤️