What a week!

Photograph (c) Phil Janvier
This week the Gateacre Team Minstry celebrated its 30th year of ministry, and the celebration service today was great, but what a week the last 7 days was. As well as the usual service planning, autmn preperations, church council meeting, exciting plans for our Mission 2006, band practice, additional video editing for a friend, some guys working on the church knocked a gatepost over. The above photograph shows it as I discovered it on Thursday night. The walls did come tumbling down!

It has made me realise again that the devil likes to spoil and it didn't stop at the gatepost we've had a few struggles with relationships that seemed to have destroyed more than we would like. It seems at times that our best is not good enough... but are we beaten? No, not a chance, are we burnt out? No, but I am tired. Are we going to give in? No!

So here I am Sunday night, almost asleep on the computer, but I want to say, "Thank you Lord that you are worthy of our worship, thank you Lord that you never let us down, thank you Lord that life in you is the most exciting roller-coaster ride we can ever have, thank you Lord that when we need to walk on the water we can! Please help us to fix our eyes on you."