Probability

If God didn't exist, what is the probability of all of this just happening?

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

Sometimes you do not realise what you've got until you've lost it. Or in my case it* goes away for a few days. A friend said to me the other night that absence makes the heart grow fonder. I haven't quite worked out what I think about absence helping me grow fonder of the one I love. What I do know is that in this short absence I am remembering how stupendously blessed I have been and that I am in this present moment. I have spent years waiting, hoping, dreaming, failing, falling, hoping to meet someone. And the someone I met has far exceeded even my wildest dreams.

It is only when we're quiet that we can reflect and give realisation a chance to bear its fruit within our lives.

So I shall endeavour to make the most of this absence by reflecting upon all that God has blessed me with, not only in the last 5 months and 26 days, but also the last 30 years, 2 months and 24 days. Such as life, family, salvation, friends, worth, gifts, music, words, creativity and the most amazing girlfriend.

(*And my profound apologies that you became an "it" in the first two sentences)

Big Questions

A very dear friend of mine has been asking some big questions of late, I'm not entirely sure if there was intention on his part or it might just have been the way I was reading things. Suffice to say it has got me thinking.

And thus I am asking myself the question; do I shy away from the big questions which prompt not only thinking about but also acting upon? Does my faith lead to actions? Hmm...

Death and New Life

So, and I confess to realising that a considerable portion of my blog writing begins with So but it works ok! So at the weekend; barely 2 months after "turning Anglican", I led worship at the evening service of St Maggies for the first time.

There are all sorts of things I could say and yet they feel inappropriate. At the end of the day we are talking about worship of the Almighty and "I think it went well", "it was (too) loud", "the musicians played well" and "I think I had fun" seems somewhat insincere. I still do not know if the time is right to say "yes I want to lead worship on a regular basis" - more prayer and consideration needed there. But Sunday was a good day and I was reminded of how good our God is.

Sadly Sunday also saw my long suffering Marshall take a turn for the worse. 1 hour before the service he fell into what is probably a terminal coma... 9 years old. We see what happens.

And thanks to Dave (thattheologystudent.blogspot.com) for my birthday present, it may be over two months late but it most certainly looks like it's worth it!

Friends

Over the last few months, ok over the last slightly more than few a number of my closest friends have turned the big three oh. I too have reached this landmark and for anyone who is interested to know, it's not that scary really. In much the same way as I didn't feel any different when I turned 18, 21 and 25, 30 is no different. Now before one gets off track let's switch back to the point, oh yes, friends!

So my friends have been celebrating this milestone in various ways. We've had a 3 way bday dj/pubfest. A Belgium beerfest. A wonderful dinner in Ruislipfest and an Oxford park picnic/gamesfest!

Each one was very different, each one was special and reminded me how blessed I am to have some great friends.

So to all my friends who have turned 30 in the last year, bless you!

Almost A Year

A rather wonderful person did a rather wonderful but slightly crazy thing and read my entire blog from end to beginning.

And which we discovered that it's almost a year since I began this adventure of blogging.

New-ish

So last weekend I was introduced to various people as Vikki's new-ish boyfriend. That made me smile!