Blog Break 1

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So, it’s been just over a year since I last posted anything on this blog.

Why the long break?

Well the truth is I panicked. I didn’t think I was good enough to have a blog, let alone write something anyone else would want to read. I also wasn’t sure that I had a snappy enough angle or whether the blog had a purpose.

Strangely enough, I found myself thinking about it a few days ago and wondering what would have happened if I kept it going? Then, while at my church craft group yesterday, K who was running the activity shared about her blog. She had begun it a year ago, just after I began mine and she wanted to celebrate its first anniversary with us. I was really encouraged by the things God had placed on her heart to write about and her enthusiasm. Hesitating, I shared about my blog and why I had stopped writing it, then immediately felt bad for taking away from her celebration with my own story.

However, the response I received from the craft group surprised me. I received so much encouragement from others in the group to continue to write it as well as helpful advice from K. It was then that I knew what the purpose of the blog would be. I suddenly recalled a recent moment when God challenged my thinking and I was reminded of the quirky but gentle way he corrected me. Those everyday moments when you are just doing life and God shows up with a wise word or a God incidence that makes you stop and reflect for a time. These are the everyday experiences that I want to share; how God shares our daily journeys in self realisation, walking beside us and making us smile.

What a good, good, Father.

Another thing God spoke to me about last night as I made the decision to resume my blog. I should have just kept it going without worrying about having any particular theme or angle. It would have found its way over time.

So the blogger is back.

It has been interesting to go back and read my early posts. A great deal has happened in a year. I am now doing my Level 3 Counselling training and hope to start the 2 year Diploma programme in the autumn and my teaching career continues to develop. Unique has survived landmark 11+ exams, SATs and is looking forward to secondary school. Geof is just as busy as ever and just as gorgeous.

Apologies for the typos and punctuation errors. I will try to be more accurate with my proof reading, although I won’t promise anything. But as I write these paragraphs the all too familiar doubts start to surface again. I breathe deeply and remind myself why I am doing this; to share with readers the incomparable riches that are the precious examples of how God invades the reality of our lives

…and to make you laugh.