A Heart Untroubled

When we were kids, we used to pick daisies and pull the petals off one by one saying "He loves me.  He loves me not?" This week, sitting in a friend's garden, I saw this lovely big daisies growing and as we were praying, I felt like God saying "When you do this for me it is.." Loves me Loves me so Love me Loves me so God never has a moment when he doesn't love us.  Not ever.  He isn't angry with people (his wrath against sin was poured out on Jesus) and He never ever can stop loving us, because he is love! It is only as we understand this, that we realise the truth that we are unable to love any other individual in a selfless, unconditional manner without the love of God inside of us. Even the love of a parent for a child, while close, is still ultimately temporary in that our children may disappoint us or make us angry.  God is never even disappointed with us, as disappoint can only come through an unmet expectation.  As he knows the very number of hair

I remember when I worked in a naval base many years ago, one of the officers would always call me Jesus' little sunbeam!   While there was an element of the derogatory in that, the reason behind it was that I was always upbeat, happy and positive. I try to live my life from that place.  Of course I have days when everything feels wrong, or I feel angry or miserable, but that's not a place I like to stay in, and indeed, as a Christian, I don't think it's God's best for us to live out of that space.  One of the keys that I have found to help me stay in that place of peace and joy, is 'focus'.   It is so crucial to our spiritual life (and emotional/mental wellbeing) what we focus on.  It can mean the difference between a great day and a bad day.   YOU have a choice on what YOU focus on.   No one controls that focus  other than you!   I meet so many people that are negative about everything, or who are living just a nominal Christian life, marked by the absence