This morning as I arrived at work at 06:30 it was still dark and raining! I read the following in my morning devotion and it touched my heart.

As the rain hides the stars,
As the autumn mist hides the hills,
Happenings of my lot
Hide the shining of Thy face from me.
Yet, if I may hold Thy hand
In the darkness,
It is enough;
since I know that,
though I may stumble in my going,
Thou dost not fall.
Alistair Maclean

coming close to God

Today was a very frustrating day at the office – our e-mail has been off since Friday and our internet since this morning. I just realised again today how many times per day, or should I say per hour, I check my mail!! It is terrifying… It made me think and reminded me again to plug into God during the day. Firstly I feel ashamed of how little I have been doing it lately, especially as it was one of the things I really wanted to work on this year. But as the year progressed this somewhat slipped through the cracks… But secondly I am glad to be reminded about the reasons why I wanted to “plug into God”. James 4:8 “Come close to God and He will come close to you” I always have God close to me but sometimes I forget and then I am far away from Him. I pray that God will forgive me and that the Holy Spirit will help me to “come close to God”. Seems there are reasons to be glad when the e-mail is down and you can't do ANY work!