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

Good bye!

It is amazing how god puts amazing people into your path to guide you and support you through life. I am very sad to say good bye to my Vicar at church he has been wonderful and the church is now my new family I have desperately wanted all my life. I would be lost without them.

I dedicate the follwoing song to Antony and wish him all the success in his new job/future and all the peole he will meet, guide and suppport.

You will be greatly missed by the Forster family and St John's congregation. God Bless Antony.


Sailing away into serenity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khQNR7s1Ho

Well, it's not far down to paradise, at least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away and find tranquility
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
Believe me.

It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend
And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
Believe me.

[Chorus]
Sailing takes me away to where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free

Fantasy, it gets the best of me
When I'm sailing
All caught up in the reverie, every word is a symphony
Won't you believe me?

[Chorus]

Well it's not far back to sanity, at least it's not for me
And if the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity
Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see.
Believe me.
I just heard this song on the radio on the way home, I the sounds up full blast and the windows down in the car. This song made me feel all emotional and I shed a few tears. Such a Beautiful song.

Romans 8:18

Sometimes Life and the best gift that God can give, doesn't always get the best start!

Romans 8:18 ESV / 68 helpful votes
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

A very very strong message from the heavens through my own sister.

This is indeed very strange and spooky. My sister does not believe in God. Yet I only just realised today that she had posted a song on my FB which I clicked on today! It is not just a song, the music is what I played over and over, day after day, when I found out my father died. The video is of this song with words from God along with pictures of the beautiful mountains that Ben and I climb.

Lets just say I have not stopped crying. AS I was listening and reading I thought the word were inspirational and as it went on I thought could it really be from God or even from my father up in heaven? No don't be silly, then at the end it said these are from God.

It is very powerful and meaningful to me I am in a bit of shock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dPDO3Tfab0&feature=player_embedded

Sailing away into serenity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khQNR7s1Ho

I just heard this song on the radio on the way home, I the sounds up full blast and the windows down in the car. This song made me feel all emotional and I shed a few tears. Such a Beautiful song.

Modern Christian House Wife Blog

Love this yummy Mummy's site.

http://www.modernchristianhousewife.com/2011/11/baby-4-is-here.html