Good evening...

On contrary to my general bad habit of being a tad late,
i actually got ready an hour early and now i'm sitting
on the lounge waiting...
Thought that I'd share with you this time
of waiting by letting you know where i'm heading...
Tonight we'll be launching of
Guildford House of Prayer
2009!

Last year, 2008, they had "in total 1,680 hours of prayer across 10 venues with an estimated 200 different people entering into these spaces. There were stories of healings (physical, spiritual, emotional), people praying for the first time (even those who wouldn't say they believed in God), others who had heard God speak to them and some of who had rediscovered the joy and life that comes from spending time with their creator."
(quote from www of GHOP)

Song Lyrics | Casting Crowns lyrics

Home is...

*ajatusten virtaa...flood of thoughts...*

This morning I woke up feeling slightly homesick. Everything was fine, I am happy, with people i like, been eating lovely food, had inspiring and generous company around me all week, a lot of new interesting and exciting things to learn and to think about... I have a sweet warm house to live in, nice bed to sleep in... Everything is fine, even better.

Last week we talked a lot about cross-cultural living. And when we came across a terms like "hidden immigrant" and "third culture children". I love to think about these terms and ponder over their meaning.

And i have come to conclusion that us, children of God, are forever just
travellers here on earth, immigrants on a land of not our own,
and on a journey, on a way to our true Home...
And while traveling, we have amazing opportunities to see
glimpses of His Kingdom come
and will be done on earth...
And when we see these things happen,
Kingdom of God expressed,
it is when we most can feel at home.

If you have time today,
read Ezekiel 36 and ask yourself
if it is relevant to happenings in middle East
or your life today...

"I'll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I'll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I'll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that's God-willed, not self-willed. I'll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands."
Eze.36:25-27

"Minä vihmon teidän päällenne puhdasta vettä, niin että te puhdistutte, minä puhdistan teidät kaikesta saastastanne ja epäjumalienne kaikesta iljettävyydestä. Minä annan teille uuden sydämen ja teidän sisimpäänne uuden hengen. Minä otan teidän rinnastanne kivisydämen pois ja annan tilalle elävän sydämen.
Minä annan henkeni teidän sisimpäänne ja ohjaan teidät seuraamaan säädöksiäni, ottamaan varteen minun käskyni ja elämään niiden mukaan." Hes.36:25-27

Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey, England.

What a wonderful feeling to wake up
in a new day of new country, new adventure
and to know, that i can't do anything but
with all my heart and being to jump on
board, enjoy the ride and
trust that all has been prepared,
that i'm ready for this
and ...
well more later, off i go now!
:D <3

xx

on a go.

i should be packing and cleaning up right now,
but had to chill down or something after
day at work. Day felt a lot longer than it physically were,
just the fact that today sun rised 9:13am and sets 3:25pm.
I left to work 9.48am and saw sunrise and finished 3.15pm
and watched sun set on th ehorizon on my way home.

More thoughts but here is funky translator tool which i have
to use sometimes when want read longer texts in spanish or
dutch and want to find out little bit better of what is going on.

http://translate.google.com/

:)

sountrack of the day.

new year's resolution...?

Is multitasking a value by itself? Why do we think someone as a hero if they are very efficient and multitask? Always busy and never stop? Thousand irons in a fire...
Is being busy being efficient? I guess it could be.
But could overly busy and multitasking have a danger of living skindeep,
leading into a process of shallowness and leaving meager but vital details without enough attention?
Do we also tend to multicommunicate? If you spend time with friends, family and colleagues, do you chat, check your messages or text sms's, answer your phone etc. at the same time? How do you feel when someone else does this to you when you are in a midst of an intriguing conversation or working together?
Are you there but not present?
I must confess being guilty on mentioned above.
But i would like to change and pay more attention on people who i am with,
to listen more carefully what they have to say or leave unsaid,
to look in their eyes and try to communicate how valuable they are to me.
And do one thing at the time and do it as well as i can.
Next i'd like to have look what did Jesus teach about efficiency...

And here few pics of my mobile phone for you to see:

mobile uploads..

To know. To be known. To be loved. And to know it.

"I hope you are loved and know it."
There is something in these words that feels deep and somehow... dangerous. There is something very powerful in a person who knows that they are loved.
It is said also that women look the most beautiful when they know that they are loved.
"...when they know..."