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Been feeling a little jadded recently with no energy for anything much. Decided to spend the afternoon visiting yesterday. First stop the hopsital - always fun as the visiting times seem incomprehensible to me. Its used to be 2-8 then infection control had it changed to 2-3 and 7-8 across the 3 hospitals in the city. Being a good minister I try to stick to these times even though it can mean sitting in a car for an hour to park at one of the hospitals.

Anyway turned up at 2 to be told it was 3-8 on this ward.(duaghter of patient had a leaflet that said 2-8 that she had been given when her mum arrived on the ward) AGHHHH! Another ward on the same hopsital has 3-4 and 7-8! I was allowed 5 mins and then the person was asleep! I don't like phoning and wasting people's time so I waste mine.

-So I was early to next two visits which was fine but meant I finished earlier than I expected so took the chance to visit someone I rarely get the chance to see who is in an other church. She was not there but her husband was - turned out to be a real God moment as he shared where he was on his journey of faith - currently quite an unconventional place and he had felt unable to share it with anyone else bar his wife. What a priviledge that was - we talked and I have promised to find some books that will help. I came away feeling energised - deep talking about faith always does that to me and I am so grateful that I listened to that inner voice and did that visit instead of driving past as I often do

LINKl Just as I am trying to think about new ideas I see this...shame I live nearly a hundred miles from the sea!

I like the music of Michael Card and one song has long been a favourite of mine:

To hear with my heart

To see with my soul

To be guided by a hand I cannot hold

To trust in a way I cannot see

Thta's what faith must be

Seems impossible doesn’t it

Madness to a world that wants to trust only in what it can see and hold

The song gives us an answer:

Now I understand that there is a key

Its Jesus’ in me, a reality

That God is in Christ and that Christ’s in me

That with faith I can see what is unseen.

We walk by faith not by sight Paul tells us so why do so many Christians want God to sign write and are not prepared to take a risk?

Ok I want it sometimes too but when everything appears right it probably is!