When we focus on a thing we bring it – and everything that relates to it (past and present) – forward for attention via our brain’s Reticular Activating System. These events include such things as our hurts, pains, past losses, past disappointments, griefs, mistakes and suchlike. However, the good news is that it also includes … Read more
Honouring one’s mother should be as obvious as breathing. This weekend many people go one step further; so I am delighted to bring you a real-life story from a beautiful subscriber. Enjoy…….. About 12 years ago when Mother’s Day came around I had nobody to give an actual card to because both my husband’s … Read more
Is Spiritual ‘Healing’ for real – or is it just a fad and nonsense? Ask a surgeon and you’ll usually get one answer: ask a spiritual ‘healer’ and you’ll probably get a totally different answer…. So which one is correct? At the National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine in Taiwan a Qigong Master took just … Read more
I met a lady many years ago who, unknown to me, badly needed money. She placed a table outside her yard and displayed a great number of books for sale at bargain prices. Books are a passion of mine so I eagerly viewed her collection and bought several. Then a neighbour told me of her … Read more
It has been pointed out to me that the example I recently gave of Jesus meeting the blind man resulted in the blind man regaining his sight. Are such “miracles” available today? My answer is a definite ‘YES”. In the Bible, Jesus is reported to have totally “healed” over sixty people of leprosy, paralysis, sickness, … Read more
IMPERFECT IS PERFECTLY OK!! This Easter I’d like to address two issues that may seem vastly different but at a deeper level are closely related…. There were once two frogs who lived beside a lagoon in the countryside. They were Mabel and Abel. Mabel was partially blind, making it hard for her to see. She … Read more
I was reminded this week of another story I told readers over 20 years ago. It’s worth repeating, I’m sure…… Eagles don’t climb trees to build their nests at the very top. They fly there. But eagles don’t automatically like great heights…… If they are forcibly grounded as chicks they happily fly low and … Read more
A reader asked me: what can I do to overcome my debilitating ailments? This is my answer….. Jesus was asked the same thing: in John 9 “…… as Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. ‘Master, whose sin caused this man’s blindness?’ asked the disciples, ‘his own or his … Read more
Years ago I heard about a man who collapsed and was taken to hospital. His condition deteriorated and so he was hooked up to quite a number of tubes and hoses, which took recordings of his condition or helped him to breathe. He wasn’t expected to live and so the local priest was called. The … Read more
I was reminded this week of a story I told readers over 10 years ago. It’s worth repeating, I think. In 1766, the Burmese army attacked Thailand, wreaking chaos and destruction wherever they went. Temples were destroyed, homes burnt to the ground and many people massacred. Everything of value that could be looted was taken. … Read more