An Adventure in Ministry

This week my husband and I will be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary. In those years we have faced many challenges and received some amazing blessings. My husband is amazing in so many ways, and though he has been known to surprise me with a romantic gesture, including painting my portrait and building me a bespoke bench on my porch to name a couple, he is not the most romantic of men, which I now accept and simply buy my own flowers!!  A few days ago I was blown away by a grand romantic gesture, not from my husband, but by God!  At the beginning of the year I began the bible recap, a chronological bible reading in a year plan. Some days have been great and i’ve learned a lot about God, not only through the readings, but also through the accompanying podcast. However at the moment we are finishing the book of Exodus and are preparing to begin Leviticus. Some of the readings have been a little dry, to say the least! I had just been reading about the priestly garments ...

Recently I had a pretty scary experience with my daughter. She had been struggling with a cold and it had began to settle on her chest. One of the difficulties of children with Down Syndrome is their ‘pipes’ are usually a little smaller and so they can have colds move to their chest easier with a more dangerous consequence. As I sat and watched my daughter lying on me and having a second nap of the day (which is almost unheard of!) I started to worry. She was really laboured in her breathing. Every time she breathed it took the whole of her body to enable it and it was clearly getting worse. It wasn’t long before we were taking a very poorly little girl to accident and emergency. It was a very distressing night with lots of tests, lots of treatment and a good dose of oxygen. Thankfully the little one is back to her usual self and is doing well, but reflecting on the experience I have learned something about the nature of God. In the bible, in its original translation, the name for Go...