…This came greatly of love;  not merely from the affection of the brethren for each other, but from a general lovingness, a capacity for Love, which, on coming into action, made them look differently on all they saw.  

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna Day 12 – Tuesday after 2nd Sunday of Lent  To Read: ‘Mister God made everything, didn’t he?’ There was no point in saying that I didn’t really know.  I said ‘Yes’. ‘Even the dirt and the stars and the animals and the people and the trees and everything,… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 12

The wider our interests the broader our sympathies……. Blessed are those whose hearts beat to the throbs of humanity.

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 11 – Monday after 2nd Sunday of Lent  To Read: Since our first meeting God had been given the title Mister God;  the Holy Spirit, for some reason only known to her, was given the name Vehrak.  I never heard her use the name Jesus.  Whenever she referred… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 11

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

…what we really need is not to satisfy our wants or presume that we don’t need God in our lives, but to learn that we can only be safe under the protection of God who is our Mother and Father, our Saviour and our Friend.

Praise is the salt that seasons right to man and whets his appetite for moral good.

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna Day 10 – Saturday after 1st Sunday of Lent To Read: Anna had bypassed all the non-essentials and distilled centuries of learning into one sentence – ‘And God said love me, love them, and love it, and don’t forget to love yourself.’  The whole business of adults going… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 10

…people are drawn to do right by being praised when they do it, rather than driven by being blamed when they do not.

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna Day 9 – Friday after 1st Sunday of Lent  To Read: Mum and Anna shared many likes and dislikes; perhaps the simplest and the most beautiful sharing was their attitude towards Mister God.  Most people I knew used God as an excuse for their failure.  ‘He should have done… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 9