It's a new dawn, it's a new day, It's a new life for me

So today has been one of those days. You know the kind of thing; a lesson which should be cancelled ends up being covered by a french teacher, late for drum lesson etc.

Also, it's been one of those days spiritually. There's a comedian from America who says that when they pray sometimes they feel like they're talking to a hand puppet. I wouldn't go as far as that, but you know those times when you pray, but you don't really feel acknowledged, and your heart and mind go into combat with each other. What also isn't cool about that is it makes christian lifestyle harder. I'll admit, I did let my tongue slip a bit today.

Talking about christian living, here are one or two thoughts on giving, in the form of stories. Firstly, I was walking up park street (a main shopping area in Bristol) on saturday, and some meningitis charity were collecting as they do. I was walking up and thought 'This man is going to want my money,' and I was very tempted to run past in a bid to get away with it. However when he did grap me my heart decided to give, and so I quite happily put some money in, made small talk, etc, and I felt quite happy for the rest of the day, and I felt I had used my money to benefit others. The point here is 1: God loves a chearfull giver, and 2: When we give, how much more we recieve in Grace from God. This is demonstrated in my next story.

A man who shall remain nameless was walking through sainsbury's, and thought 'I know, I will buy a lottery ticket; I've never done that before.' Well, anyway, he was walking towards the counter, and he passed a breast cancer charity stand, and thought that maybe his pound would be put to better use by them. So he put his money in the bucket, in return for nothing, so he thought. Well, an asda worker stood by the stand said 'Do you want to have this sir?' and she gave him, for free, a create full of cola. As I said, when we give, God gives us so much in return.

Well, that's how my thinking goes, anyway.