Context: I woke at 6am, began to pray, and immediately had to catch hold of today’s prayer. To my delight, it flowed easily, and wasn’t too exhausting to write. After that I slept and woke, slept and woke, until 10am.
My first morning in Ely meant buying some food at the outdoor market. Life here in the Fens is very different from my quiet days on the island. There were hundreds of people crowding around the stalls, talking, laughing, eating and shopping, ready to help strangers and to chat. One lovely man even told me his life-story.
By the time I got back to my flat for lunch and a rest, I was quite shaky, completely overwhelmed by all the sounds, sights, smells and colours of creation so lavishly displayed in this busy, lively town. This fitted with a theme seems to be emerging from my trip: “I will make all my goodness pass before you” (Exodus 33:19; NLT), as illustrated by today’s blog:
Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.
(Matthew 6:13; KJV).
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God,
and God in them (1 John 4:16; TIV).
Thine, the kingdom,
Thine, the power,
Thine, the glory,
Thine, the love,
Thine, the mercy,
Thine, the giving,
Thine, the saving:
God above.
Mine, the weakness,
Mine, the failure;
Mine, the darkness,
Mine, the sin,
Mine, the longing,
Mine, the searching,
Mine, the finding:
God within.
You will seek me and find me,
when you search for me with all your heart.
(Jeremiah 29:13; NKJV).
You are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
(2 Corinthians 6:16; NKJV).