A load of my mates clubbed together and bought me a Ferrari and single seater track day for my Birthday - spent the morning today driving round Donnington Park with a massive grin on my face :)
Think this sums up pretty well how I'm feeling at the moment....
I patiently waited, LORD, for you to hear my prayer.
You listened and pulled me from a lonely pit full of mud and mire.
You let me stand on a rock with my feet firm, and you gave me a new song, a song of praise to you.
Many will see this, and they will honor and trust you, the LORD God.
You bless all of those who trust you, LORD, and refuse to worship idols or follow false gods.
You, LORD God, have done many wonderful things, and you have planned marvelous things for us.
No one is like you! I would never be able to tell all you have done.
Psalm 40 v1-5 (CEV)
I patiently waited, LORD, for you to hear my prayer.
You listened and pulled me from a lonely pit full of mud and mire.
You let me stand on a rock with my feet firm, and you gave me a new song, a song of praise to you.
Many will see this, and they will honor and trust you, the LORD God.
You bless all of those who trust you, LORD, and refuse to worship idols or follow false gods.
You, LORD God, have done many wonderful things, and you have planned marvelous things for us.
No one is like you! I would never be able to tell all you have done.
Psalm 40 v1-5 (CEV)
Whilst they do have some funny habits regarding spas and ice cold water in Finland, I think I prefer their view of February 14th to ours. In Finland it is not known as "Valentine's Day", but as "Ystavanpaiva" or "Friendship Day".Rather than the romantic connotation's associated with the day here, they simply celebrate the bond of friendship, sending gifts, chocolate and flowers to their friends and remembering their loved ones... what a good idea!
Just got back from a fantastic spur-of-the-moment 421-mile day trip to Devon.I knew Stu & Penny and James & Alysia had gone for the weekend to do some surfing and the weather was forcast to be amazing so last night I decided that I fancied going to the beach for the day.
I left at 7:30am and by 10:30am I was in Croyde. Met up with the others and we headed off to Woolacombe. Flew my kites then
had a little wander whilst they surfed then we all watched the Rugby in a pub overlooking the bay. After sunset we played cards in the Cowies' van, then had the most amazing fish & chips at Squires in Braunton. Left at 9pm and was back home at 12am...Don't think I stopped smiling all day :)
This was the view out of the window by my desk on Wednesday night - there are some things I'll miss about this place!They've proposed a date of 11th May for when they're going to start closing the site where I work (was on Midlands Today the other night) so it now looks inevitable that all 200 or so people who work here will have to start looking for new jobs over the next few months. I've got no idea what I'm going to do at the moment (I am open to offers!) but I recently heard a really interesting thing that Mother Teresa once said...
John Kavanaugh met Mother Teresa. She asked him, “What can I do for you?” He paused to think and then asked that she pray for him. “What do you want me to pray for?” she asked. “Pray," he said, "that I have clarity.” Her abrupt response took him aback. “No," she told him, "I will not do that.” When he asked why not, she told him, “Clarity is the last thing you are clinging to and must let go of.” When Mr. Kavanaugh observed that she seemed to have the kind of clarity he wanted, she laughed out loud and told him, “I have never had clarity; what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you trust God.”
Clarity would be great - but sometimes I think we just have to learn to trust...
