Hope, Faith & Love

Today, I was thinking how easy it is to forget how great and awesome LORD is. I mean, yes, I worship and singing praise daily but sometimes, the heart needs to " just get it! " No lip-syncing, no pretending I believe. The heart, soul, and body line up and it just gets it. This song from Hillsong comes to mind, " So Will I (100 Billion X) ". Just sang it in my own worship and felt it is such a powerful declaration in this world climate, where there is such a focus on self-preservation that we lose sight of the God of Creation.  God of creation There at the start Before the beginning of time With no point of reference You spoke to the dark And fleshed out the wonder of light And as You speak A hundred billion galaxies are born In the vapour of Your breath the planets form If the stars were made to worship, so will I I can see Your heart in everything You've made Every burning star A signal fire of grace If creation sings Your praises, so will I God of Your promise

  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:17)   As Melbourne heads into another extended lockdown for a number 6.0, it is easy to fall into the negative mindset while I am sitting at my desk working as I have done for the last 2 years.  But I look outside my window, the pair of birds are whistling lovingly at each other, the glorious sunlight is flickering off the glistening leaves of the lemon tree. I decided to take the book which I have been reading and sit in the garden for lunch to catch up on reading. As I sat there, bath in the beautiful Melbourne’s Winter sun. The light breezes blowing on my face, with the chills still drifting in the air. Reminding that it is still Winter but Spring is well on its way. I thought about life over the last couple of weeks - my struggles. My hopes and desires to travel to China; praying for an opportunity, not only to travel to China but

  It is amazing the things you learn from watching things. Recently I was watching an interview with one of my favourite actresses. she was asked about her thoughts on love and independence for females. The answer she gave was pretty deep and it sort of, got me thinking about God’s love for us. For most of us, we have an ideal thought about love in a romantic way. When we fall in love, everything in the world will be rosy and all the stars will align in perfect harmony. We forget about everything else. But the answer that she gave aligns similarly with my own thoughts – as well as being a good partner but the person should also be a good friend. They should awaken and stir you, support and help you develop and pursue one’s own work as well as caring the family. This led me to think about God’s love. People have asked me why I believe in Christianity. I tell them it is because of God's love but what does it mean? What I have learned about God’s love is this. 1.       He is my