Living It

Sometimes its only when you look back and see where you have been, that you see what you have achieved. In September I clocked 10 years of being in ministry. That number is the longest that I have been in a job ever. I will be honest too and say that when I went back to long term mission, I did not think it would be for 10 years. I would love to say that I thrive at it, some people seem to buzz and bloom. That is not always the case for me. In fact it has been quite an uneven road. Have you ever heard of a round hole, square pin scenario? That would be how I would sum up how I feel a lot of the time. I don't seem to tick the boxes. The way I do mission tends to challenge Church and mission orgs. (Infact I have been told I would not be accepted if I had applied elsewhere .... just as well my call is where it is then) I have thought of a sabbatical.... but being a home based missionary with family responsibilities how does that really work? Home based missionaries don...

Over the past few months I have been attending the Mentoring school of Glasgow Prophetic Centre . It is a monthly free school that helps you to listen to God and practice skills. If I am honest, I first went along to it to see what it was... I was not too sure if it was for me and I certainly would not class myself as a prophet. I do however volunteer for Healing Rooms Scotland , part of International Healing Rooms . So praying for people is not out my comfort zone. At first I was hesitant....but I have grown in confidence and been open to God. At one session one of the leaders asked me if I had tried prophetic art....I could not help but laugh my art is not much better than stick men that my toddler can manage. But the comment was a seed planted....so a week later I bought a pad and pencils. Now I would love to say I have mastered technique, but alas I have not ....but I am learning to be still before God - draw (even if it is badly) and then writing any words or scripture that has c...

Okay, so the title of this blog might intrigue you. Thinking about what I wanted to write here, my mind drifted to a small snippet of the TV show "Outnumbered" where the young girl comments on how silly it is to have a size zero dress size to her gran....the gran explains that it is just a number but that women can be whatever size or shape they want to be regardless of the popular images.....the little girl responds by saying "I want to be Hexagonal". Its funny, but my question here is Do you/I dare to be different? Sometimes I long to have a normal job that gives be a regular, stable income and a life where I have far less juggling and "stuff" I have nearly been in this ministry for 5 years and still lots of people don't get it....sometimes I think people think I am doing this until I can get a proper job when the kids are older. Some just presume I am a housewife. In fact I don't fit nice and neatly into any "box". Sometimes I like tha...

Over the past few months, I have been designing a website for my team in Youth with a Mission Scotland . I work in Stirling with YWAM Stirling. We are a small team, getting smaller actually! Feel free to take a look at the site and tell me what you think. This is my first attempt at anything like this so please be gentle! In particular I would like to bring your attention to the School of the Heart conference we are running in February. A fantastic week of teaching and ideal if you need a bit of retreat time. If you are in ministry this is a good place to recharge after a hectic Christmas. (One of the questions you are not allowed to ask is what do you do for a living? - So yo can just come and be.) Anyway, please take a look

The LORD will continually guide you and satisfy you even in sun-baked places. He will strengthen your bones. You will become like a watered garden and like a spring whose water does not stop flowing. GOD'S WORD ® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. As some of you know, I have just spent 3 weeks in Germany. A lot of Germany, infact all of it was about being obedient. I first heard about the conference last year. Straight away the thought of going to it was burning within me. I knew I had to go. That feeling remained, as I prayed about it. I shared my thoughts with my husband who also prayed and confirmed it. As a mum with young children however, it was a BIG ask from God.... Three weeks is a long time for wee ones. As I shared with people what I intended to do, I got a mixed response. Come to think of it, I had mixed emotions - right up to the night before I left, I was having "frank" conversations with God abou...