God's Angels

Daniel 6:22
New International Version (NIV)

"My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”

God. You have sent many Angels (and you know who you are, beautiful Angels) to watch over me and look after me. Today however I want to thank you for my Angel Kellymarie. xxx

Thank you Kellymarie for my inspiring and very lovely message today. xxxx

Very overwhelmed and Excited - Confirmation today

I am so honoured to announce to the world I am getting confirmed today!! Yippee.

St John's Baptist Church Caudwell Road Ipswich tonight @ 6.30pm - Come along and help me celebrate!

I thought this would never happen. I feel very strange, in a very lovely spiritual way!

I have never felt I had a family or home to place my roots before and was trying to work out all of these amazing emotional feeling I have been feeling over the last few days. Yes, I have been an emotional wreck. But with tears of joy and happiness and some of sadness to. (Apparently if you stand on your head it makes all the sadness get dizzy and fall out says Jack aged 6. Headstand it is then Jack...)

I have come across a handful of people in the last few weeks that have really had an impact on my life and really changed the perspective of how I look at the world. These may be people I hardly know; or know well; or even be people I have only just met. I am sad, actually very sad, that I may never again see one of those people who in a large part has had a great impact on my journey. But I believe that God has placed other people in my life to fill that void.

Anyhow... it is 6am on a Sunday morning and I have got my cafe latte and toast all ready so I can go to the car boot to get my bargains.

I am so nervous and excited see you all tonight. It's going to be another emotional joyous day!
x

God's Rosebud - Encourage One another blog.

God's Rosebud - Encourage One another blog.


It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of God's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.

The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
God opens this flower so easily,
But in my hands they die.

If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I have the wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?

So I'll trust in God for leading
Each moment of my day.
I will look to God for guidance
In each step along the way.

The path that lies before me,
Only my Lord and Savior knows.
I'll trust God to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.









http://eoneanother.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/gods-rosebud.html

Gifts from God

So there was me thinking I was following my heart and giving someone a special gift of appreciation and love, when in fact it was God giving me the gift of this very special person. Did you ever follow your heart and just go for it, even though you thought that it may make you look weird or silly? Well if you ever feel like that just go for it, even if you do feel silly! What have you got to lose?

Things truly happen for a reason and ouch, breaking my toe; really?! Well it was worth every bit of pain!

Because, just maybe, it was meant to be. Meeting my angel from God Kellymarie made a mark and gave me goosebumps!

God knows what we want and what we need, and for this I am truly thankful.

Magical moments - Emotional

If I had any doubt about God and whether he existed; that doubt has finally been washed away. However, I am sure that through my Christian Journey I will have many moments of doubt - but that God will direct me back on the right path.

I have just had an awesome - yes that is the right word to describe it - moment. You know when you realise that there is someone or something out there looking after you directing you onto the right path?

I met a wonderful, in fact beautiful, person a week ago at the hospital. By the way, I hate hospitals. I had painfully broken my toe and ended up in A&E. Not the place I really wanted to be after miscarrying at 12 weeks and being in hospital a week or so previous for an operation.  After waiting 2 hours I asked the kind reception chap that I had had enough of waiting and that I was going to go home. He said don't; let me see what is happening. Before I knew it this lovely lady came out and took me under her wing. I explained I had broken my toe but also said while I am here can I sort out my issues after having my operation because of a miscarriage.

I must say this nurse was just amazing. She took me to a quiet place and let me rest there while she sorted things out. This gave me time in my hectic life to start to process exactly what had happened in the last 2 weeks.  I found it rather emotional but at last I had quiet time to think about things and rest. The lovely lady was always there checking that I was ok and looking after me exceptionally well.

After 4 hours it was time to go home and the nurse and I had a brief chat. I felt the need to tell her how special she was and that, in this world, beautiful people like her are very rare.

I'll stop there. I am very tired and I have forgotten to get the milk, so I've got to dash out! Will post again soon!

Getting Confirmed Tomorrow: This is my letter

19th September 2012

Re: Confirmation 23rd September – St John’s Church
Sponsor: Emma Novak

Dear Bishop Nigel,

I am Alison Forster and I have been coming to St John’s church for over 18 months. I was born into a non Christian family. I started to believe in God when I was at senior school and met a wonderful RE teacher who help and guided me through life. I started going to Christian fellowship at the school but gave it up due to my family making fun of me with my bible.
I continued through life always thinking someone/something was watching over me making sure I survived; but I was never sure until about 10 years ago. This also was about the time my father passed away of suicide.
Like a domino effect everything in my life changed and great things started to happen for the first time in my 28 years. I met my Husband progressed into a great career and started our long awaited family. We also move from Bournemouth to Ipswich away from horrible childhood memories and family stresses.
I didn’t start to believe truly that God was looking after me until a very good friend (Emma my Sponsor) whom I had known for four years asked me if I would go on an Alpha course with her. I put it off for several months then met another new person (Caroline) who knew my friend and they both joined me on the course.
At the same time I decided to return to St John’s church which I had visited a year previous but, at that time, found it too emotional.
Both the Alpha course and St John’s have had a massive impact on my life. Even my wonderful husband said to me what a difference in my nature and character; that I seemed much more at peace and happy with life in general.
I feel very strongly connected to God through St John’s and with the support and guidance from Antony, Rachel and Elisheva. I am also at awe at how God puts these amazing and beautiful people into my life and will continue to do so. I just hope and wish I can make a difference and be just as much an inspiration to others in the way people have to me.
I hope that one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit will be to guide and support and love people who really need it, like I have, and I hope to do this through many ways including through my Blog: http://myjourneyintohappiness.blogspot.co.uk/

Kind regards

Alison Forster