Once again it seems ages since I last posted and indeed it HAS been a long time since I last posted. My reasons ???…..actually, I have a theory.
Most of the last few weeks since July 31st I have been in a really good place. Lots of great things happening, lots of good quality fellowship, Lots of breaks and lots of involvements with my girls and friends. It’s not all been milk and honey. There’s been more reflection on the nature of my heart and my desires to REALLY belong fully to the Lord. Hmmm! Try it… There’s been upsets and stab wounds in the fellowship side of things. There’s been physical downsides as my hip has hurt such a lot - and yes, I do believe the Lord can and does heal, but generally speaking I’m trying to concentrate and focus on my eternal life rather than my temporal, earthly demands. There’s been workplace stresses. There’s been computer malfunction with the pc going bandit for over three weeks at one point and I’m still trying to recover the functions and facilities that I had before the crash.
But underneath all this I’ve been right happy! I don’t think I’ve needed to blog. I don’t think I’ve need the cathartic release of pouring my heart out into the ether. I’ve just been content.
That’s not to say that I’ve suddenly got all depressed and need to write,this is just another computer thing that I’m catching up with. I’m saying that when we’re content in all circumstances and content to leave things to the Lord,and to trim off the unnecessary activities of life, the need to be heard and to share with all and sundry just isn’t there.
But I’m still going to do some blogging. There are some interesting meditations that I’ve been having.
So this re-joining of the Blogosphere may well have taken some time, but I’m back, & I reckon, with a slightly different understanding and mindset.
Read John 7 verses 1 – 10. I’ll be sharing this on Sunday at a little fellowship in New Elgin. Returning to old haunts you might say.
Actually - another thing I’ve been doing is speaking at various places or just catching up with some young old friends.
The Jesus Manifesto * is also something I’ve spent some time reading & thinking over. Why not give yourself an hour to just read it prayerfully and write down what you think Holy Spirit might be saying to you through it?
* Not to be confused with “THE Jesus Manifesto ” which appears to be a very radical, Catholic oriented site which I haven’t explored but will do.
A group of five rare alpine orchids - a species called epipactis
The reason I put the flower picture into the post is that whilst we were on holiday in the Dolomites, we took a guided ‘flower walk’ led by an expert who was knowledgeable, passionate and very humble and amenable. After about an hour, one of the group spotted this little bunch and having pointed them out to the Prof, we were all amazed at his reaction. He hadn’t seen these in a long, long time. He promptly spent the next fifteen minutes clearing the boring old grass from around the orchids then shooting dozens of pictures. He was SO excited. His routine walk had been transformed into a moment of sheer joy and re-discovery. He was just delighted and blessed. I wonder if those of us who have been at the Kingdom thing for a while are prepared for re-discoveries or are we just growing in expertise and dustiness as we extend our mastery, rather than delighting in the joys of early salvation and revelation….letting our delight and reward be in the simpler, straightforward things that once lit us up?
What’s your orchid? Yes! I would like it if you let me know! 
Be Blessed – Be His!
love
Dave
