General Chat

Cynthia you know me so well, thank you :-D

Another Chance, like that idea x

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Hello all

Very many grateful thanks to everyone who has offered prayers and kind words of support that have helped our family to cope with so heartbreaking a time just now.

I have just put Helen on the train and now have to adjust to the reality of being in a quiet bungalow on my own. It really does seem so unreal and not quite right. It is bound to get better in time I am sure, but for now I really don't like it at all.

Helen and I went to see her Dad in the village chapel of rest and were both hugely relieved that he looks so peaceful and the years of pain and suffering are gone from his face now. He is still and at rest God bless him.

The funeral date isn't until Monday 29th January which seems to be a long time away, but it will probably come along far too quickly I suspect.

Grateful thanks to Cynthia and to everyone for sharing this grieving time with me and my family. You won't know how your prayerful support has helped in our dark days xx

Good morning :-)


Thank you Emma - you will like today's posting I think.... :-D


Another chance

How often we wish for another chance to make a fresh beginning.
A chance to blot out our mistakes and change failure into winning.

It does not take a new day to make a brand new start,
it only takes a deep desire to try with all our heart.

To live a little better and to always be forgiving
and to add a little sunshine to the world in which we're living.

So do not give up in despair and think that you are through,
for there's always a tomorrow and the hope of starting new.

- Helen Steiner Rice


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Cx :-)

Thanking you Cynthia for never letting this thread
down.
As you know I like others look in everyday and enjoy
your stories and prayers. x

Thoughts and prayers to those in need of comfort.

Good morning :-)


Just for today, help me, God, to remember that my life is a gift, that my health is a blessing, that this new day is filled with awesome potential, that I have the capacity to bring something wholly new and unique and good into this world.

Just for today, help me, God, to remember to be kind and patient to the people who love me, and to those who work with me too. Teach me to see all the beauty that I so often ignore, and to listen to the silent longing of my own soul.

Just for today, help me, God, to remember You.
Let this be a good day, God, full of joy and love.
Amen



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Cynthia :-)

<3 kandj and her family <3

Good morning :-)


Good to see you Nyx......and we continue to hold kandj and her family in love and prayer <3

For today:

Heavenly Father, creator of a universe full of wonder and many still-hidden mysteries. Help us in our modern, sometimes confusing and fast changing world to pause and reflect on your glory and unending grace and in the stillness to listen, like Samuel, for your voice speaking to us alone.


Love to all Cx :-)

I'm very sorry to read ( mentioned on another thread) of Kandj's loss, please pass on my condolence to her and family. <3

Good morning :-)


Bless, O Lord,
our households and families
and allow all of us who live in our homes
to find in them a shelter of peace and health.

Make our houses a haven for us all,
and a place of warmth and caring
for all our friends who come to visit us.

Enlighten us with the brilliance
of your Epiphany star,
so that, as we go into the world,
we might clearly see our way to You
and discover You in our work and play.
Amen.


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Cx :-)

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I can only repeat what others have said. My love and thoughts and prayers are with you all. God bless

Good morning :-)


God bless you kandj - such a traumatic time to be going through. Our love and prayers are with you still. <3

I meant to say how lovely it was to see Elizabeth, Gwyn and Sylvia popping in to show their support and sympathy for kandj and her family - she is obviously appreciative of all the kind thoughts <3


In this season of Epiphany

Father God, the star that led the Magi to the stable announced to the world that its Saviour was born.

Today we live in a world that is still covered by darkness, and still needing to make that journey to the stable door.

May our lives reflect your light day by day, as we seek to serve where you have placed us.

That we might be the means through which others can encounter Jesus Christ. Amen.


Love to you all Cx :-)

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My heart goes out to you and your family kandj.

Nothing I can say will help you at this time.
My thoughts and prayers I send to you all and
may God give you all comfort and strength.

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Hello all

The funeral Director has just left and we are in pieces. Helen is still with me, although Martin and the grandchildren have returned to Durham. It seems so very unreal to be honest, even though I was cuddling my very precious husband as he was struggling to breathe but clearly he did know that I was with him. He is free from his years of suffering and now the pain has been transferred to me and our close family. With God's good grace, it can only get better.

Our thanks to Cynthia for her ongoing support and to everyone for all your prayers, and kind words which are adding to our tears. God bless each and everyone on you.
XX XX

Good morning :-)


Vera, when I lead the baptism prep classes, I always say that the Christian faith is more than a picture postcard scene of a dear little baby laying in sweet smelling straw, surrounded by cute animals and adoring people. I remind them that this child grows up to be crucified on a cross.

How that piece you have given us goes along with that! It really brings home the reality behind the story of the magi. You can pick out the subtle references to the forthcoming events in the life of Christ. Thank you.


The story is out!
Jesus Christ, Light of the World has been born to dispel the darkness that covers its people. God’s glory appears in human form.
Life on earth will never be the same again!

Lord we thank you that you promised the possibility of making a fresh start at any time and not just as part of some half-considered new year resolutions.

Help those who have recently made important decisions in their lives to see them through.

Life is full of pressures which often pull and push us in directions we would, and should, not normally take.

Give us strength of purpose and faith in you to take decisions seriously, to un-derstand the consequences for others, as well as ourselves, and, always, to seek your guidance through prayer. Amen.


Thinking of Kandj <3


Cx :-)

Keeping Kandj in my thoughts <3

At this time of year I always remember one of my favourite poems "The Journey of the Magi" by T S Eliot. I have probably mentioned it on here before. I was introduced to it by a teacher when I was 11 or 12 and I think it was the first time I realised that the Nativity and what followed wasn't all stars and angels and cuddly lambs.

I expect you know this poem but if you don't please read it. I would love to know what you think.

http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/charity/events/documents/journey-magi.pdf

Good morning :-)

The Collect (special prayer) set for today

Gracious God, who by the leading of a star manifested
your only Son to the peoples of the earth;
mercifully grant that we who know you now by faith,
may at last behold your glory face to face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The gospel set for today tells the age old story of the Three Kings.

We continue to hold our friend kandj in our prayers <3


Cx :-)

I have just read the sad news about kandj's husband.

I send my deepest sympathies to kandj and her family xxxx

Have just read the sad news about kandj's husband.

I am so very sorry for your loss kandj and family.

My prayers and thoughts are with you.

Good morning. Our thoughts remain very much with kandj as she comes to terms with the loss of her beloved husband. We send our love and prayers to our friend. <3


Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany.

The Christian festival of the Epiphany celebrates Jesus who is both the Son of God and a human being. In the Western church this is usually commemorated by remembering the journey of the wise men to worship the infant Christ. The Eastern Orthodox church celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan.

God of all heaven and earth,
From the breath of your love came the creation of the world.
We are amazed at the vast beauty of the night sky and at the intimate nature of the love you have for us your children.

Be our daily star,
Guiding our lives to search for kingdom love.
May we always follow your light of truth in all that we do,
Forever trusting, hoping and believing in your word.
Lift our eyes tonight to see your eternal life shining brightly,
Leading us home. Amen.


Cx :-)