meeting place

Just spent all night beside a girl I’ve known since I was 10…she’s now 25/6 and married for 3 years. And…she’s 5 months pregnant. And I just need to say…how the flip does it all work?!

If there is one thing in life which just baffles me beyond all believe, it is how the meeting of two tiny tiny things produce….well…a me and you! With all my thoughts, memories, abilities, talents, intellegence….how does that start with being inside a mother’s tummy! Just how does that happen?!

This just is phenomenal to me…my mind just can’t comprehend the true miracle that is pregnancy! In 9 months within a woman’s tummy a full human being is produced…how unbelieveable!!

And then, to add on all that….God is the one who designed this. He dreamed up this method. He decided the process second by second. And…He knows the development of every single baby everywhere in the world. He knows exactly what I looked like at 2days after conception….5 months….and just before I was born…and every day inbetween. He marvelled. He moulded. He shaped. He overlooked. He protected. He cared. And He still does….to this very day…He still does. If pregnancy and the capability of a human to carry another mini-human is just completely mind boggling…how much more is the whole concept of who God actually is.

And who am i to ever doubt…to ever wonder….to ever think i know better than the LORD…than YAHWEH, the Great I AM.

“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone?”

- Job 38:4-6

God, You are indescribable, uncontainable, unfathomable…

So, haven’t blogged in a while – simply because my internet is completely messed up – it bearly works anymore!  So I haven’t been bothered to try to make it work!

The life of Sarah hasn’t been very exciting – I just started a temp Clerical Officer at Belfast Trust, next door office to Kate…I’ve been absolutely loving it so far.  I love being able to do something well and also just doing something!  I’m not one who likes to sit around all day and not see anyone – I like company and I like having a purpose.

There’s been one thing which has really made me think differently in recent days…and it’s this:

“i live to serve His Majesty”

that encompasses it all…every letter…every demand…every sheet in every file…every laugh…every conversation…every word…ever encounter……in it all…i live to serve His Majesty.

and just for Stew…

a……t……s……h…..q……z…..o…..

Life has really settled down.  It’s wonderful!  Uni finished, all organisational commitments over, placement almost sorted, and God’s voice teaching me clearly.  Although, what’s the deal with the weather?!  Why is it always beautiful when you have to do loads of work, yet, when I’m completely free the rain pours?!

Trees have always been a fascination for me…As a kid I could tell you every single tree and loads of information about that tree from their leaves…I loved trees.  However, this fascination slowly died as I grew up and as other things took over in my life.  But, yesterday, I was taught about two trees: one found in Genesis, the other in Revelation.  One tree was grown in the middle of the garden of Eden.  The other in the middle of the new earth.  And somewhere, between these two trees, is where my life is.  Is the Christian life about hoping and waiting for Jesus to come back and for life in this new earth, beside the last tree and that’s it?

But, as Rob Bell says, I need a God who is now.  A God who teaches me how to live today.  A faith which is about today and how to understand the world that I live in today.  The here and the now.  I NEED to know how to live here and find meaning and purpose in this world.  And this is the centre of Jesus’ message – living in the reality of God now.

We live between the trees, in a world drenched with God.

This has just really gave me comfort and given me a fresh glimpse of what it means to be following Jesus.  xx

How fully awesome is the weather?! Yesterday has been one of my favourite days at Glenavna so far! I lay out all day – from 9:30 to 5:30! Not at all burnt!!! Hmmm…ok…just a little…but not sore so it’s all good! Lauren is shockingly burnt…silly girl….but she’s sitting out today too….dono whether I’ll get out or not – need to get assignment work done!! Grrr…! And everyone else was out working or just sunbathing or reading or just have some banter….then we all had a BBQ….was so cool!!

So, then, last night…..fully went to DANCING ON ICE!!! It was actually just like being at the live show…except there was loads more acts! Was phenomenal! There’ll be some photos and videos to follow but currently just have photos off my phone:

Lauren was just soooo excited – was so glad I could take her! Poor Kyran tho was really sick so he only did one act. But it made Lauren’s night! The professional guys did a couple of routines….and I have never seen anything like it EVER!! They were so fast and soooooo difficult…yet they make it look sooo easy! Breath was actually taken away! And actually seeing in real life, two of my childhood heroes and also possibly the world’s best…was unreal! Torville and Dean are just so tight, although, not as fast as they used to be, but that’s understandable!

Unbelievable night…will post more photos and videos of some of the acts!