Valentines Day Message

John 21:1-19

The Comfort of the familiar
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• The Disciples had spent the last three years, day and night with Jesus
• •Since the resurrection they had seen Jesus twice and then he disappeared again
• •Their daily routine for the last three years had been based on what they had heard and seen Jesus do
• •They had been told to wait in Galilee but waiting gets boring

Not seeing the nose in front of your face

• Sometimes Jesus is exactly where he said he would be but we cant see him
• •Sometimes we need to get a little bit closer to him so we can recognise him

  When Simon Peter realized that it was the Master, he threw on some clothes, for he was stripped for work, and dove into the sea. The other disciples came in by boat for they weren't far from land, a hundred yards or so’

Being haunted by the past

• John 21:6 and Luke 5:5-11
• John 21:9 and John 18:18
• Luke 21:13-14 and Matthew 26:6
• John 21:15 and Matthew 15:16-18
• John 21:15-19 and Luke 22:60-62

Restoration

• Recognise Jesus never left you
• Confront the things that haunt your past
• Take time out alone with Jesus
• Listen and Respond
• Follow him.

Order out of Chaos

I don't know how you cope when you feel out of control? I throw myself into a frenzy of trying to create order where I can. I had a meeting at work today where I did not know what to expect, all I knew was I had a meeting and the time was looming fast. Last night I washed, scrubbed, bleached, emptied, swept until I was tired out. I couldn't stop because I had to get some part of my universe under my control in the knowledge I was facing something today totally outside my control.

It's interesting what Trev has blogged on tonight!

You know we do not know when Jesus is coming back but we know he is... How ordered are we for his return, how in control of our spiritual life are we? do we need to wash, empty, scrub, bleach and sweep our spiritual life?

I hate not being in control, Im a long range person I like to think and plan way ahead and my mind is always whizzing, yet sometimes a well aimed spanner throws my plans into chaos and I need to have order. I restored physical order last night to try and gain perspective.

God is in the order of creating beauty from chaos - Behold the earth was formless and void (chaos) .... God said let their be light and there was light.

You know me creating physical order had no effect on my meeting at all. The only one who can do that is the Chaos controlling God.

Are we going to let God say LET THERE BE LIGHT and come into our Chaos this week?

A change is as good as a rest

Sorry for being of my blog for a few days its just been one of those weeks. For a lot of last week my back had gone into spasm and I could barely move yet alone blog. I had to spend time resting. If any of you know me this is not something that comes easy. Sometimes we need to take a rest from things or we can tend to get a little frustrated or even sometimes we need to change what we are doing!
I personally am looking forward to getting back to normal, but being still allowed me to paint which to me is the best rest in the world - not only did my back get a rest but my spirit did too!