2015/11 A Word To Women “Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.” (Leviticus 24:2) When I was a child, olive oil was kept in the medicine cupboard. Often my mother warmed it and used it to soothe painful

2016/01 A Word to Women “The tongue is a little member.” James 3:5 I love little things – tiny ornaments, for example. But some little things don’t thrill me; insects such as flies and earwigs come to mind! In James 3:5 we are told, “Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.

2016/05 A Word to Women “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines.” (Song of Solomon 2:15) Vineyards are not a common sight in the British Isles. Last summer we visited the palm house in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, and there we saw a beautiful vine laden with grapes. In warmer

We can be very quick to dismiss the words of a child or young person – “He’s only a child, what would he know?” The disciples were quick to turn the children away, but the Lord Jesus welcomed them and took them in His arms.

2016/07 A Word to Women A few little fishes (Matthew 15:34) There are two notable occasions when the Lord Jesus fed great crowds of people. On the first occasion, over 5,000 were fed with 5 loaves and 2 small fish, the lunch of a lad from the crowd. On the second occasion, recorded in Matthew