The Colour of Love

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt"   Matthew 14:31 NIV.  David Being late for a first date, or any date for that matter, is probably at the top of the list of things not to do. That’s what it said when I googled dating etiquette, ahead of that fateful Saturday afternoon meeting. I was twenty five minutes late, because the lift I had arranged was delayed and I was completely flustered by the time I eventually made it. Google is probably right about this, most of the time, but thankfully there was grace enough for me on that day.  The question that lingers most pressingly though, is why I felt the need to do research at all? I had heard from God clearly and I had confidence in the steps I was taking. Why then would I allow insecurity to influence my preparations?  The answer seems simple now. But at the time, neither she nor I had anticipated just how often we would falter under the doubts and fear...

  And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love. Corinthians 13:13 NIV  27 October 2012 Deidre I keep glancing at the clock on my bedside table, while staring at the contents of my open wardrobe. I’ve been doing this for the better part of twenty minutes and I was going to be late if I kept it up. Why on earth was I so nervous? It was only coffee and I’m not entirely sure that it was even a date at all.  There was no reason to assume it was a date. The invitation had been a little out of left field and David had been acting rather peculiarly over the last couple of weeks. Perhaps he wanted to discuss something about my brother, or end our training programs and thought doing it over coffee would soften the blow. Whatever the reason, I had to get it together. I threw on my favorite pair of jeans and a white blouse, grabbed my handbag and headed for the car.  I’ve always been a rather punctual person and as I sat at the restau...

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ Jeremiah 33:3 NIV October 2012 David The clock on my phone read 2:04am, as I sat befuddled on the side of my bed. The only light in the room was the greenish glow from the screen and the dark was a stark contrast to the vivid bursts of color I had just experienced in the most unexpected dream. Flashes of inexplicable scenes danced through my mind, as one image blazingly rooted itself in my consciousness.  I had recently started working with two new clients at the gym, a teenage boy and his older sister. My clients are all dear to my heart, and I pray God’s wisdom and strategy over each one’s specific needs, but I had not thought much about these two, outside of the gym environment. Yet, in these early hours of Sunday morning, it was her face that I could not shake from my mind.  “Surely not Father, this could not be….. “ For a myriad of glaringly obvious reasons, it had to be a m...