I hope you all had a lovely Easter...
A thought to leave you with (from In Green Pastures)...
Finding Our Mission
We need never be anxious about our mission. We need never perplex ourselves in the least in trying to know what God wants us to do, what place He wants us to fill. Our whole duty is to do well the work of the present hour. There are some people who waste entire years wondering what God would have them do, and expecting to have their life-work pointed out to them. But that is not the divine way. If you want to know God's plan for you, do God's will each day; that is God's plan for you today. If He has a wider sphere, a larger place for you, He will bring you to it at the right time, and then that will be God's plan for you and your mission.
"Our lives we cut on a curious plan,
Shaping them, as it were, for man;
But God, with better art than we,
Shapes them for eternity."
May you be faithful in the what the Lord has given you to do!
Till next...
xx
Hi Lynda,
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter! Thank you for the book recommendations, I put Love Comes Softly, the first book in the series, on hold at our local library. I look forward to reading it.
Bean
From your follow up comment, I see you are enjoying it! :)
DeleteBeautiful and heartwarming post and photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Glad you enjoyed it :)
DeleteHi Lynda,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the book suggestion. I started reading the Janette Oke series, I really enjoyed book one, so have put a book 2 on hold at the library. I found a copy of book 3 at a used bookstore so purchased it. It is always nice to find an enjoyable read. I am currently reading a book by Derek Tangye, his books were recommended on a Miss Read FB group I belong to, so far, I am enjoying his writing about life on a daffodil farm in Cornwall.
Peace be with you,
Bean
I am halfway through Book 6. Still enjoying, but I might take a break before reading Books 7 and 8. I like reading about the earlier, harder, more basic, pioneer days. They are more settled now, and life is more comfortable. But the books are still enjoyable. I've picked up quite a few of her Women of the West (one off) books second hand.
DeleteYes, I have read many Miss Read and Derek Tangye books too and also enjoy them. Most picked up second hand :)
Happy Reading! xx
Do they have cushions on the pews ? They look very old. You look like you enjoyed your day out all very happy
ReplyDeleteMarie in Horsham
The church is over 100 years old, and I think the pews may be also. I think they had cushion, but you may be able to see from the photo the more modern chairs at the front which is where we have been sitting. Apparently, some of the old(er) folk decided the pews were too uncomfortable :)
DeleteThe church had been without a minister for a while, and they were meeting in the church hall as numbers were few, and the old(er) folk thought it was too cold in the church :)
I've only been attending for a couple of months, but I love having our services in the church. And hearing the bell ring to announce the start of the service.
The duty in the present hour is so true. Saint John Henry Newman and Jean Pierre de Causade both touch on this wisdom. All too often we are looking for the big things but more often than not its the little things (that are hidden) that God desires x
ReplyDeleteYes. Life is made up of a series of 'little things', and faithfulness in doing them. Made me think of the poem 'Do the Next Thing', popularized by Elisabeth Elliot. I found the original on the internet. I'll put it in a post... xx
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