A Voice in the Wilderness

As many of you know, I work in children's homes. Admittedly a real part timer these days due to my work with Street Pastors, HTMI and Highway Church. Still, I do love spending time with teenagers who for one reason or another have ended up 'in care'.

I recently came across a poem written by a 15 year old lad called Jason, who had found himself in the care system. I found it really moving so I hope you take a moment to read what he has to say,

I go to my window, just sit and stare,
I fold my hands, talk to God and give Him a prayer,
I pray to Him to protect my mother,
I pray Him to keep His mighty hand over my sister and brother
I begin by saying my name is Jason, I know you know that Lord, so here is a question,
'Why is the world the way it is in the present?
Because I have always believed that you were omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent,
If you have all these powers, why do you allow the world to be so unpleasant?'
But He never gives me a direct answer,
He tends to do that in a unique manner.





When I look out my window for that answer, all I see are not answers, just distractions
The answer is simple God gave us a choice of our actions.
It is our actions that make us bad,
It is our actions that make others sad.
So don't go to my Lord and give Him the blame,
Beacuse in fact the blame is under your name.
I go to my window, just sit and stare,
I fold my hands, talk to God and give Him a prayer,
I don't want to blame You for the world going wrong,
But I will thank you for helping me stay strong.


..............Amen

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God is too much!!!

'Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us' Ephesians 3:20

Two weeks ago I returned from a trip to Rwanda and Uganda with friends Mike VanDromme and Richard Pedley. In all the years I've been travelling and preaching the Word of God I've never seen so many healing miracles. People were healed of all sorts of conditions - this lady in the photograph had such poor eyesight that she was always walking into walls and ditches. When she came forward her eyesight was instantly restored after hands were laid on her.

On return from my trip I was questioned as to why such things happen in Africa but not in the UK! I felt uneasy to be honest about the nature of the question. I mean, if God is God, surely he isn't limited to doing miracles in the Third World. Surely God is the same everywhere!

A couple of weeks before going away to Africa a lady in our local place of worship, Highway Church, Stratford, had been healed of a painful arthritic condition that made it hard just to get up. When she came forward for prayer she was 'slain in the Spirit' as God the Holy Spirit ministered to her. She got up healed from the condition and has been praising God since!

While sharing about the trip to Africa, our Pastor, Simon, encouraged me to pray for the sick and expect a breakthrough. The Lord touched a number of people. One younng man, about 11 years old, complained of a pain in his arm. After prayer it left instantly. He turned to his friend and said, 'This stuff really works'. Apparently Claire, who leads the childrens' work said that he came to her after the meeting and said, 'God is too much!'

A lady suffering from diabetes had been told that nothing could be done medically for her failing eyesight. When she came forward for prayer God healed her instantly and she was able to read the Bible freely, her hearing was also restored and she was healed from a problem with her knees. When she went for a hospital appointment during the week, the medical staff said, 'this is amazing! Your body is healing itself without any medication!'

The lad in Church got it right - 'God is too much'

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