Howe's Life?

Dear Lord, when looking up to Thee
I see your loving eyes on me;
Love overflows my humble heart,
Knowing what faithful friend Thou art.

A cup of sorrow I foresee,
Which I accept for love of Thee.
Thy painful way I wish to go,
The only way of God I know.

My soul is full of peace and light:
Although in pain, this light shines bright.
For here Thou keepest to Thy breast

It's been so great reading all the new posts lately. It seems as if there are loads more than there were a while ago.

Firstly, just want to say sorry if I write absolute trash, but it's past 1am and I'm stuck on the ward and haven't had my full sleep rations for the last 48 hours!

I just wanted to say that I think God is so amazing.  I just hate the fact that when you type what I've just typed you feel like it's such a cliche.  I wish I could express myself the way David did in his Psalms!

It’s been so long my dear friend
I’ve taken a detour
It’s taken me away from you
From the road that leads to your
House
 
On route I forgot how wonderful it is
To visit you
The warmth of your presence
Your welcoming embrace

How very sad I live for my holidays home,
how very bad that my second blog of the year is about leaving this country,
yet how very apt.

One day in the not to distant future (I hope), I will be leaving this muddy isle headed for the land of my birth for the last time.

A land that smells of rich soil after it rains, whose people love to laugh at themselves, a land where you need to be shown around a clothing store with a torch, a land that holds all my love and hope.

I've started this year saying hmm so what.  I feel like I've slipped into 2008 without even realising it.  No biggy.

No resolutions (think they're rubbish anyway).  No goals (maybe my I should make some up - learn how to crotchet, alphabetise my cd's....um).  It's just nothing, nada.  Feeling humph! 

Soooo hoping that I don't look back on this year and think, oh yes 2008 the year of um...nothing!  So this is my first blog entry of the year.

Happy Christmas to all Aboutlifers out there, hope you have a restful, peaceful and special time with family and friends celebrating Jesus' birthday.  Everything of the best for 2008! 

I love reading all your blogs, sorry for being so bad at updating mine.

Thanks, love Tam

Dear God,


It is fruitless to rail against the world.
For the world I inhabit is a reflection of my own self.
Microcosm mirrors macrocosm always.
If I see it in the world, I know the seed exists in me.
Therefore, to change the world, I now commit to my own transformation.
I now become the world I want to see.

I went to Pastorate on Tuesday for the last time, well…that is to say my ‘official’ last time, to say goodbye.

To my homies: I will definitely be returning for visits!  Can’t miss the steak & ale pie, and the talks, of course!

No, I’m not leaving the country!  (Nothing that dramatic)  I’m moving to a little church in my ‘hood (innit) of Wimbledon.  It’s called St Andrew’s @ 7.  I finally made the decision at Focus, can’t say it was an easy one but I know God is definitely saying it’s time for the fledgling to leave the wonderful, warm, comforting, (have I said wonderful?) nest of HTB.  I went to the 5pm service this last Sunday and I just felt so gutted, yet so thankful.  Gutted that I’m leaving my home.  Thankful that I have been blessed with so many super experiences during my time at HTB.  God has taught me so much. I'm so thankful for  the people that I have encountered, for the lives that I have seen changed.  I really feel that I can go to my new church with a hunger to learn more from them, but also that I can bring so much from my experiences & the love that I’ve received at HTB.

HELLO!

I am wrapped up in allsorts...

 of things and just wanted to say i haven't dropped off the planet, just off the AL planet briefly.

lotsa love and hope you are all fab.

I know this is very premature (but I take months to prepare for the dreaded season) and I know it’s only the mid-August and we still have autumn to get through. I'm sure loads of you will be aghast at what I am about to say…