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8 February 2012
My daughters tell me that Facebook will now come complete with a timeline, which basically gives your history since you have been using it. I was listening to some debate about this and that given employers may look at Facebook most people may want to change their name by the time they are 20. There are even companies setting up which, for a fee, will wipe out the things you would prefer not to appear.
I have mixed feelings about this, I feel a bit sorry for our young people because every mistake they make can end up in the public domain. Which of us has not done something stupid, but luckily for our generation it is known only to a few close friends, I can't imagine the horror of having my mistakes public knowledge. So I question employers who actually might be prepared to use this against someone, it seems very unforgiving.
God on the other hand has known our timeline since before we were born, every mistake, every secret is known to him - but far from use it against us, he lets us make our mistakes, continues to love us and gives us chance after chance to get it right. I know whose hands I would rather put my future into.
I have mixed feelings about this, I feel a bit sorry for our young people because every mistake they make can end up in the public domain. Which of us has not done something stupid, but luckily for our generation it is known only to a few close friends, I can't imagine the horror of having my mistakes public knowledge. So I question employers who actually might be prepared to use this against someone, it seems very unforgiving.
God on the other hand has known our timeline since before we were born, every mistake, every secret is known to him - but far from use it against us, he lets us make our mistakes, continues to love us and gives us chance after chance to get it right. I know whose hands I would rather put my future into.
7 February 2012
At last the chance to use my snow shovel, that would be the shovel which has been on sale outside the supermarket for several months now and which I foolishly thought when I first saw it meant we were about to have snow.
When I say my snow shovel I really mean the one I bought for my husband to use, but he assures me it made a difference.
I was ready for the snow, I had read the forecast, googled the Met office and I knew roughly when and how bad it would be, and I had made arrangements for my daughters to go out and be picked up before it got bad, so I was completely surprised to hear stories of people stranded, or unable to get back from shopping trips, or home from relatives- how could they not know?Then it occurred to me that maybe I was just a tiny weeny bit of a control freak, that not everyone does check, that some people actually go about their business without planning ahead or checking out all eventualities and in truth I wish I was more like that,OK so things could go wrong but there is usually a solution isn't there?
Jesus warns us to be ready for his kingdom coming, to ensure we are living in ways that he taught us, but then to leave the rest in his hands. He doesn't want us to waste our energy trying to control everything in this life. So I'm leaving my Met office app alone, not checking it at all, but not until tomorrow as I hear there are ice warnings for tonight.
'Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34
When I say my snow shovel I really mean the one I bought for my husband to use, but he assures me it made a difference.
I was ready for the snow, I had read the forecast, googled the Met office and I knew roughly when and how bad it would be, and I had made arrangements for my daughters to go out and be picked up before it got bad, so I was completely surprised to hear stories of people stranded, or unable to get back from shopping trips, or home from relatives- how could they not know?Then it occurred to me that maybe I was just a tiny weeny bit of a control freak, that not everyone does check, that some people actually go about their business without planning ahead or checking out all eventualities and in truth I wish I was more like that,OK so things could go wrong but there is usually a solution isn't there?
Jesus warns us to be ready for his kingdom coming, to ensure we are living in ways that he taught us, but then to leave the rest in his hands. He doesn't want us to waste our energy trying to control everything in this life. So I'm leaving my Met office app alone, not checking it at all, but not until tomorrow as I hear there are ice warnings for tonight.
'Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34
6 February 2012
I loved the story last week about the artist who painted the murale on the walls of the Facebook office and received payment in shares but was very scathing thinking that they would be worth nothing, now however they stand at $200m
I like stories where we can look back on hindsight and see something which meant very little at the time but made a huge difference in the bigger picture. On a similar theme this week I was reading about Rahab the prostitute who gave shelter to Joshua's spies as they first entered the promised land, in return for her bravery she simply asked safety for her family. Joshua's men promised her this, and now centuries later every time we read the Christmas story we see her name in the family tree in Matthew's gospel which leads all the way to Jesus,for she had a part to play in the lineage yet little did she know what her actions would mean. Little do we know what part we might play this week or what our actions might mean -its an exciting thought.
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.' Joshua 2:1
I like stories where we can look back on hindsight and see something which meant very little at the time but made a huge difference in the bigger picture. On a similar theme this week I was reading about Rahab the prostitute who gave shelter to Joshua's spies as they first entered the promised land, in return for her bravery she simply asked safety for her family. Joshua's men promised her this, and now centuries later every time we read the Christmas story we see her name in the family tree in Matthew's gospel which leads all the way to Jesus,for she had a part to play in the lineage yet little did she know what her actions would mean. Little do we know what part we might play this week or what our actions might mean -its an exciting thought.
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.' Joshua 2:1
3 February 2012
Yesterday at the airport I noticed a computer terminal which gave an hour of social networking for a pound. Is there really anyone that desperate to stay on facebook while they are travelling?
One of the joys of travelling for me is to buy a book in the airport a large latte and tuck myself away reading, avoiding conversation and using the whole blissful, uninterrupted flying time to lose myself in a book - yesterday it was 'Death comes to Pemberley.' if anyone is interested. There are few times in our days now when we are not available and I think they are to be treasured , so for just a few hours I was back in the time of Jane Austin and Mr Darcy - what bliss.
Sometimes too we need to switch everything off and take a bit of time in prayer. I am slightly suspicious of these shortcut ways to read the bible a minute a day etc, really we need to shift the prioirities and make a bit of time to be in a quiet space, slow down our minds and enter into his presence, then be ready to listen, that we might hear his voice above the clamour outside.
'But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ' Matthew 6 :6
One of the joys of travelling for me is to buy a book in the airport a large latte and tuck myself away reading, avoiding conversation and using the whole blissful, uninterrupted flying time to lose myself in a book - yesterday it was 'Death comes to Pemberley.' if anyone is interested. There are few times in our days now when we are not available and I think they are to be treasured , so for just a few hours I was back in the time of Jane Austin and Mr Darcy - what bliss.
Sometimes too we need to switch everything off and take a bit of time in prayer. I am slightly suspicious of these shortcut ways to read the bible a minute a day etc, really we need to shift the prioirities and make a bit of time to be in a quiet space, slow down our minds and enter into his presence, then be ready to listen, that we might hear his voice above the clamour outside.
'But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. ' Matthew 6 :6