Well. At the moment theres only one thing I'd really like to note - the return of those darned crazy people known as the Americans. Or indeed Agape. The new team arrived on Thursday (and Friday) and its great to have them back around, especially Brit, Sarah and Ryan. Nice... I have honestly been walking around with a great big beaming smile on my face for the last few days. Its great to have you back guys.
Hmm... Ok, well maybe theres two things to note. A good friend recently gave me a book entitled The Practice of the Presence of God written by a French monk called Brother Lawrence. Now its taken me a while to really get into this book (translation: to actually read it) because of a number of reasons. But it is a rather splendid book. Here is a small extract of one of the chapters (bearing in mind this is a few hundred years old) that I love:
'It is only necessary to realise that God is initmately present within us, to turn at every moment to him and ask for his help, recognise his will in all things doubtful, and to do well all that which we clearly see he requires of us, offering what we do to him before we do it, and giving thanks for having done it afterwards. In this unbroken communion one is continually preoccupied with praising, worshipping and loving God for his infinite acts of loving-kindness and perfection.' (Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God (St. Ives, 1996), pp. 28-29.)
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