Above All Love

Thanks to all who supported my walk for Autism Initiatives. My challenge was 80000 steps over 8 days. I managed over 123,385, including a team walk. I raised £97 + £17.13 GiftAid. My goal was £50. As a team, No6 One Stop Shop raised £1,012 + £178.82 GiftAid. Our goal was £500. All support has been much appreciated. Donations and sponsorships are still open until end of the month. All contributions of any amount happily received. 

Coming soon! An online prayer meeting to pray for the work of Edinburgh Vineyard  and the surrounding areas.  Penciled in to launch on Tuesdays at 9.30am on 15th April 2025. All welcome! For link and more details do stay in touch.  Every blessing. 

Today I joined a team from No6 One Stop Shop (Autism Initiatives) in Edinburgh for a walk. It was a lovely walk toward Inverleith Park near the Botanical Gardens and back again. It was nice seeing the swans and blowing the cob webs away. It did get a little cold due to the partial eclipse of the sun. Link here to todays  photo . Sponsors and Donations big or small most welcome . My personal present step count is 63,567 towards 80,000. More than half way there. I will hopefully reach the rest of my goal by Autism Acceptance Day and Month. Watch this space.

As some of you may know I am autistic. I have chosen to walk this year for Autism Initiatives as being late diagnosed I didn't get much help except via No.6 One Stop Shop who are part of Autism Initiative. Two of my kids are also on the waiting list to see if there is neurodiversity in them to. So the matter is close to my heart.          I'm walking for...... Walk for Autism is a fundraising challenge run by Autism Initiatives Group. Autism Initiatives Group is working towards a world where every autistic person has the support they need to thrive, every opportunity to fulfil their potential and a supportive, inclusive community to live in. I'll be walking a total of 10,000 steps a day 26th March and 2nd April to raise money for this charity. Any donation big or small is greatly appreciated 😊

It is good to present our hearts with queries, especially when discerning a sense of calling. In Acts 1:20-24 Judas was gone, and a new mission was therefore available.  In your life, what mission is God calling you to do?  Certainly, it is to become more like Jesus. We are also to be doers of the word, putting our hands to the plough. But, when discerning specifics here are some possible queries: Do you accept you have the call of God on your life?  Do you pray (see v 24)? Do you live in in community with other believers? Do you pay attention to what moves your heart? Do you listen to prophetic words from or tested by scriptures? Do you follow the favour God has on your life? Do you realise you are truly loved? Sometimes stepping into a call can be as simple as serving under someone elses mission to start with. Particularly if you don't know what you are called to yet (e.g, these two men were known to the disciples already v21 so presumably would have already been servin...

"Lord, you have been our dwelling-place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn people back to dust,  saying, ‘Return to dust, you mortals.’ A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night."  Psalm 90:1-4 (NIVUK) A colleague today was speaking about her grief and losses and how they linger on even as life moves on. We both observed that we do indeed live in brevity. We are like puffs of smoke, vapour that appears for a time, then fades away. We are ash and dust. Today is ash Wednesday. Eastern Orthodox Christians, among others, call Lent a season of ‘bright sadness’. It is a time of repentance, a time to recognise our mortality, and a time to think on Christ's death on the cross. It can be a painful time, but the light still shines. In Him, we have our dwelling-place. In Him, we find our hope. "He raise...