God is in Control!

A long time ago I first heard a song by Amy Grant called "Lay Down the Burdens of Your Heart" and it was one of my favourite songs of hers. She is one of my all time favourite singers and I love listening to her music and have been especially blessed by her early music. One Sunday, it would have to be a few months ago by now, I had to go home to get something on a Sunday morning. Can't remember what it was and it is somewhat insignificant really to the story......... but I was listening to the radio.........Life FM and as I drove in the driveway at church this song started to come on....... It was a song by Amy Grant called "Lay Down Your Burdens" not the same one as I had come to love years before but one that definitely spoke to my heart that day. These are the words............ CHORUS Lay down your burden I will carry you I will carry you my child, my child Lay down your burden I will carry you I will carry you my child, my child Cause I can walk on...

Well, I really have the urge to continue on this blog.... I think that it is one of the places that I connect with God well in my own personal journey, so I really need to keep doing this. I love this life journey with God and I long to continue to get closer to Him.... so over the last few weeks I have been challenged to look at the ways that I connect with God and how I connect with God in the best ways for me. So, this is one of the ways............ and one of the other ones is playing my violin, but I'll have to get back to you on that one!! SOON! Stay tuned for more!! Blessings on the journey............... Love Kylie xx

God put His love on the line for us by offering His Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to Him. Rom ans 5:8 (The Message) I love fairy tales and particularly I guess I have a fairly good collection of Disney stories........... you know the ones.......... and there is always the happy ending! Got to love the movie Enchanted.......... it must be time for another watching of it really (after a year ago watching it several hundred.... or at least that's what it felt like....... times....) I think I am ready to see it again. Giselle lives in the world of Andalasia, where animals are talkative companions and musical interludes punctuate nearly every interaction. She dreams of her true love and as she sings about true love's kiss to her chipmunk friend Pip and other forest animals, the Prince hears her voice in the forest. After he rescues her from a troll, they decide to marry the next day. Edward's step-mother, Queen Narissa, disguises herself as an old h...

Funny thing............ today as I was helping Colin access his blog and remember his password, I actually locked myself out of my own account. Do you think that I could remember the email that I used to create the account, or the correct password to go with it?????? Nope! Well, after some help was returned I am now back online.....even though I wasn't really that long that I was off...... and no one probably would have even known! Now on the same subject of prayer.......... I am sooooo glad that I have instant access and communication with God..... my best friend. Although I guess sometimes if I am honest, I do forget the password, so to speak, and forget to seek Him, but I am continually learning day by day what a joy it is to be in communion with God and know Him as my Saviour. Blessings on the journey.................. Love Kylie xxx

A few weeks ago Colin and I had the privilege of conducting a funeral. A POW who had received help from the Army in the war and wanted the Army to do his funeral. As normally happens we met with the family.... this family actually had a bit of an idea of what they wanted, what Bob would like at his funeral, and thankfully that makes the whole process a bit easier. What really caused me to think about this encounter was this......... when I mentioned to the family that we would like to have a prayer and we would usually do this at the start of the service, I was asked......... "well, what prayer would you do?"...... as I paused for a second, a little startled, I explained the kind of prayer that we would pray.... when she asked me if I had one written down so she could see it. Actually I did...... from a funeral that we had done before, so I was able to give her a read through the kind of prayer that we would pray at her father's funeral. It kind of struck me later on...

Wow! What a wonderful work God has been doing my life especially over this last week. I shouldn't be amazed at the way God works, but He has helped me to be victorious in more than one area of my life recently and I thank Him immeasureably for that. This part of a song comes to mind....... All of my life In every season You are still God I have a reason to sing I have a reason to worship (Brooke Fraser...... Desert Song) It reminds me that whatever I have gone through..... whether things are good or bad, God is still my God and I have a reason to worship Him because He died for me. So, short and sweet, but God's messages are like that sometimes.......... Blessings on the journey............................ Love Kylie XXX

Long time...... no blog. But I thought that this is something that I really need to get back to. As I sat and spent time with God tonight, I was reminded of these beautiful words. I have learnt it from a tune that is more recent, but the words were penned a long time ago and really touched my heart as I remembered that God is what it is all about. Here is Love Here is love - vast as the ocean Loving kindness as a flood When the Prince of Life, Our ransom, shed for us His precious blood Who is love - will not remember Who can cease to sing His praise? He can never be forgotten Throughout heaven's eternal days On the mount of crucifixion Fountains opened deep and wide Through the floodgates Of God's mercy flowed a vast And gracious tide. Grace and love like mighty rivers Poured incessant from above And heaven's peace And perfect justice Kissed a guilty world in love Oh how marvellous, Oh how glorious, Is my Saviour's love for me!!! Of Your fullness you are pouring Your...