Clapham Calling

Pastoral Care

Can I remind those from our church who read this site that they can pass on any pastoral needs to me. Please call or email me at  [email protected]

Happy Mother's day

For Mother's day this morning I am looking at the story of the Mother of Moses. Two small points I love from this story are:

1. "Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you. So the woman took the baby and nursed him." Exodus 2:9

2. The river that was meant to kill Moses became the means of his salvation.

"Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things."

I went to our prayer meeting feeling sorry for myself last night. Micah is not allowing us to get enough sleep and I think that is impacting everything else, including me getting extra grumpy with Caleb and Jacob. At the meeting it didn't take long for me to realise that yes I am struggling at the moment but what other people are going through seems to be Mammoth in proportion to my to me lack of zzzz.

One lady who has badly injured her back when her trolley on a travelator rolled back and knocked her to the ground, could only speak of the good it had allowed her to do by being confined to one space.

A relative dying lonely in Hospital of cancer. A son wanting to be a Muslim. 

Lack of sleep? - what lack of sleep?

I am glad I went.

"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."  2 Corinthians 4:17,18