sorry for absence

Hello dear friends!

I want to apologise for my absence over the last week. Colin and I were away for a few days on our own. Yes that is right, alone, with no children! A dear friend looked after them and we stayed at a wonderful bed and breakfast courtesy of a wonderful couple from our Church who happen to own and run one! It was a lovely, restful few days!

I missed the kids so much but I also enjoyed the sleep and long lies. I enjoyed being able to just go and do what we wanted and not rush back for school and nursery and all the day to day chores we have.

So today I am thankful for a lovely break, dear friends, my kids, my hubby and most of all my God who sustains all of us.

I will be back to normal with our Bible study At the Well next Monday!

God who are you? Study.

Today I am joining the ladies over At the Well for our Bible study time on God and who He is. This is an exciting journey into learning more and new things about the Great I Am and how God works in our lives. Please feel free to join with us in this study.

So today Jennifer Jernigan from By His Grace has posed two discussion questions for us all to think about;

• What does it mean to you to know that you are precious in God's sight?
• Can you think of a time in your life when you've experienced, first hand, the LORD'S faithfulness?

For the first question I want to turn to Psalm 139; v 13 -16.

13. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (NIV).

I find it hard to believe that I am precious in God's sight. I don't think I deserve it because of my sin and wickedness. And yet look at the verses above! God knew me even before my own mother did! Becoming a mother myself helped me understand just how God loves us and views His children as precious. My love for Jacob and Emma is totally unconditional. They misbehave, disobey me, and I am often not pleased with what they do and yet I love them with all of my being. I accept them as they are, try to train and discipline them because I love them, and still treasure these little people.

I am precious in God's sight in a similar way. I am humbled by my God who treasures me. He loves me warts and all! Yet because he loves me and treasures me He also seeks to train me, mould me, discipline me and know all of the days that lie ahead!

I am going to think about the second discussion question over the next day or so otherwise this is going to be one looong post.

Feel free to join in the discussion and link up over At the Well and join our study also.