On returning home from the recent trip to Wales, in the light of a painfully close-encounter with the One who forged the 'double-edged sword', I declared to Thomas (who was the only one remaining awake) that it is GOOD to be alive because GOD IS REAL. If it were not so, we may as well all go and jump in the canal. I hope I always believe so with at least as much, if not more, conviction, and that He never gives over sorting me out until there is no more to sort.

When I was first self-consciously a believer (29 years ago, in a couple of months!) I soon came to realise that the only way to please God was to understand and apply the Bible - looking down at it clutched between my hands I was almost overwhelmed. I knew it was going to be a long job and began to pray that the Lord would make me into a Godly old lady. It's SO good to have evidence that He's not abandoned me and continues to apply the curriculum, however hard it hurts!