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January Poetry

  • 3 May 2023- What have I learned today?

    Psalm 55: verses 12-14, 16 and 22 (NLT) There seems to be a new role for young people to aspire to that didn’t exist when I was growing up – to become an influencer. It seems to me however that the best way to become an influencer is to lead by example. In Psalm 55…

  • A wee “Pause for reflection” – Spring will come again.

    From yesterday’s Breakfast show on Black Diamond FM…

  • 2 May 2023 – What have I learned today?

    Joshua Chapter 21: verse 45 to Joshua Chapter 22: Verse 3  Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything…

  • 1 May 2023 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 2: Verses 24-25 (NIV Translation) But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.  He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person. When I was working, and occasionally still today, I was asked to give a reference for someone, and when I was…

  • 30 April 2023 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 1: Verses 35-37 (NIV)  The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.  When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. John did not get upset when two of his disciples left him to follow Jesus.…

  • 29 April 2023 – What have I learned today?

    John Chapter 1: Verses 16-17 (NLT)  From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.  For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ These verses, in my opinion, summarise the Good News of the Gospel. The law was given through Moses and couldn’t be…

  • 27 April 2023 – What have I learned today?

    Joshua Chapter 14: Verses 7-12 “I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions, but my fellow Israelites who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt in fear. I, however, followed the Lord my God…

  • 27 April 2023 – What have I learned today?

    Luke Chapter 24: Verses 9-12  When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.  It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.  But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them…

  • 26 April 2023 – What have I learned today?

    Luke Chapter 23 – Verses 55-56 (NIV) The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.  Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. Matthew Chapter 22: Verses 37-38 (NIV)  Jesus…

  • Pause for reflection – “Just wait”

    Pause for Reflection from Alan Thomson’s Breakfast show on Black Diamond FM 25th April 2023