Easy to become jaded and sarcastic – guarding and protecting self. Easy to build walls to hide behind rather than bridges to connect. Easy to criticize, to assume the worst and tear down. Easy to jump to a conclusion and react without understanding. Easy to pretend. Love, though, reaches out, opening oneself to become vulnerable […]

Love Triumphs! — GraceSpeak

One of my favorite verses of Scripture is found in Matthew 28:1. In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. As it began to dawn. The night had overpowered them and knocked them down. […]

Dawn — GraceSpeak

Anyone who has ever received a difficult diagnosis or known the heartbreak of watching a loved one die knows the agony of waiting. We wait for the results of the next test. We wait for the next treatment. We wait through symptoms, and reactions, and pain. We wait for a funeral, signaling our final severance […]

Waiting — GraceSpeak

I am your strength and shield, your help in time of need. I am your Bread of Life; My Spirit intercedes As you wrestle with the forces that threaten you, And struggle just to make it through each day. I am here, call and I will answer The cry of your soul to My heart. […]

Be Still — GraceSpeak

We at the end of another week of lockdown here in the UK and still things feel really strange.

The video calls are still increasing on social media, and although Covid-19 is a serious concern at the moment, people are posting funny videos on social media.

Another thing that has become a regular thing over the last two weeks, is that that on a certain night at 8pm people go to their front door to thank the people of the National Health Service, and the people who are delivering food etc to those who can’t get out for their messages etc.

As we enter into the third week of lockdown and you are reading this in the UK please observe the government guidelines and stay safe, stay well!

Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God. Screams shattered the quiet as the toddler fought against the night terror that gripped him. His sobs reached his mother’s ears and brought her quickly to his bedside. Picking him up, her hand rubbed his back as she cooed whispers of love and safety. Gradually […]

Stillness — GraceSpeak

If you spill a teaspoon of instant coffee, it becomes a half-pound on the floor. I should know, because this is how I began my morning. Who knew that one small teaspoon could cover ten square feet? Of course, I had to spill it beside the cabinet, so the granules scattered and stuck to every […]

Spilled Coffee — GraceSpeak

I Peter 1:1-6 Peter wrote a message of hope and security to the Christians who were scattered throughout the known world. Read it for yourself, because it is written to us as well. Here is my take on the first six verses: You have been persecuted and scattered throughout the world. You are strangers here. […]

A Good Word — GraceSpeak