by Alet | Jun 26, 2014 | Articles, Writing
Mark Yaconelli says: Like an orphan, our prayer often waits to be noticed and held within our anger, our depression, our loneliness, and unmet longing. These broken places within us are irresistible to God, Why not place your hand over your heart and ask, “Heart, what...
by Alet | Nov 27, 2013 | Articles, Writing
Forgiveness usually is an ongoing process. A loved one might have taken offence and cut me off in bitterness. I have to pray for and apply wisdom to move past my own and the other person’s hurt and carefully reach out in love. I cannot force the issue. I have the...
by Alet | May 19, 2013 | Articles, Writing
Q: Help! I want to be more than I am right now, but how will I ever attain that? I am tired of wondering and wondering and being on an emotional rollercoaster I don’t want to just carry on with life – I want to LIVE! How am I going to succeed in doing that?...
by Alet | Apr 15, 2013 | Articles, Writing
Being corrected by others is never pleasant or comfortable, but if I’m humble enough to accept correction/discipline gracefully, I’ll grow in wisdom and understanding, be “master of my soul” (Knox) in a human sense. If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself,...
by Alet | Mar 18, 2013 | Articles, Writing
Putting my trust in people, depending on people to supply the security, attention, love, company that I need, will leave me like a little shrub on the dunes/in the desert – barely hanging in there by the tips of my toes. But putting my trust in God (as the Amplified...
by Alet | Sep 16, 2012 | Articles, Writing
A lazy Sunday morning breakfast on a glorious English summer’s day – on our patio. At one stage all four our adult children lived nearby and then all of them left and some live on the other side of the globe now. I decided that I would make a feast of every meal for...
