My Third Anniversary…

Yesterday I completed three years of writing my daily blog. April 2020 was a time of Covid isolation; I couldn’t chat to people; I was encouraged to start a blog; I’d never written before…

I imagined I was with friends in a café, pub, home… at my local Men’s Shed, church, theatre… places where I spend time…

It was a chat, influenced by my faith… certainly not a deeply spiritual Bible study, theological treatise or trite easy answers to life’s difficult questions…

I096 musings later…

I’m grateful. Many have something to complain about or have someone to blame… Each day I’m grateful… for things I’ve seen, people I’ve met, beauty in nature, conversations I’ve enjoyed, the privilege of family and friends, answered prayers…

I’m developing my attitude of gratitude.

Look for the good. Lockdown taught me to appreciate people more. I discover they relate to faith in different ways… good-practicing-Christians, definitely-not-Christians, struggling-Christians, hypocritical-pretend-Christians, used-to-be-Christians, nearly-Christians, lost-their-way-but-not-their-faith-Christians… I discover that everybody has something to teach me.

I’m looking for and discover good in everyone.

One day at a time. I’m increasingly aware that life is fragile, uncertain. I’m getting older. Friends talk about ‘the good old days’; I appreciate, but can’t live in my past. Friends have concerns or anxieties about their future; I plan for, but can’t worry about my future.

Each day is precious, to be treasured, appreciated…

One day at a time. I’m increasingly aware that life is fragile, uncertain. I’m getting older. Friends talk about ‘the good old days’; I appreciate, but can’t live in my past. Friends have concerns or anxieties about their future; I plan for, but can’t worry about my future.

Each day is precious, to be treasured, appreciated…

Questions are OK. I’ve always asked questions. My blog includes my daily reflection, my therapy, my confessional, my difficult questions, my unsolved problems, my tiny insights, my constantly evolving faith… Jesus asked more questions than he gave answers.

Each answered produces two more questions to ask…

Look for God in everything. Perhaps most of all my blog has become my search for God; where was God in my yesterday – in my friend’s success or sickness… the sunshine, the shower and the rainbow… the joys of life and the grief of death…

I continue to discover that God is always there.