The Northest Pole

"Take me to the northest pole, that there my spices all might flow. I know the north wind strips me bare, but still i ask you'd take me there. Release the fragrances within, may they be to you pleasing. And blow on me that all disease may freeze and die right here."

I was reading the above quote at the exact moment that my Dad called me on Sunday evening to show me the snow outside. He then proceeded to say how it would be good for the ground as it would kill all the bacteria. It is true. Every season is useful for it's own reasons. Trees may be fruitless and bare in Winter, but it's a vital season to sustain the overall life of the tree. So in a strange way i find myself saying... "blow on me that all disease may freeze and die right here."

The man who was healed

I met a man today who was healed of epilepsy 7 months ago. He had been on medication for 9 years, but was still having some seizures. He was then prayed for and was healed, so came off his medication and hasn't had a seizure since. It's a clear cut healing too, not just luck that he hasn't had a fit. He had a serious car crash 9 years ago, which caused brain damage and consequently epilepsy. When he was monitered, his brain waves were irregular, confirming the diagnosis. Anyway, when tested now it is clear that his brain has been healed and the waves are completely normal again. Very encouraging i think. Only God can work a miracle like that.

Poppies

In remembrance of all those who died that we might live.

Jesus Himself being the ultimate expression of this.

(picture by Alicia Bock, via Poppytalk.)

two

"Here dies another day
During which i have had eyes, ears, hands
And the great world round me;
And with tomorrow begins another.
Why am i allowed two?"

-G. K. Chesterton-

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"I am making a way in the desert, and streams in the wasteland." - Isaiah 43.19