My Bible: reasons to believe in the power of the Bible
'I have been spending a lot of time in my garden. I find gardening very therapeutic. To be in contact with nature, with God’s creation, is important. If I have a bad day, I dig. It’s very good therapy.
'I’ve been dealing with 10 years of neglect in the garden and have started a vegetable patch. I sacrificed half of the lawn and am growing beetroot, radishes, spinach, beans and peas, whatever seeds I could get.
'When lockdown began our Bishop suggested that we all read Psalm 23 every day. The discipline of that has been good. It’s been hugely helpful.
'I’ve been reading Psalm 23 and thinking about gardening. When my seedlings came up through the soil, I thought, "my cup runneth over". I felt God’s goodness coming through the earth.
'The whole idea of having one’s head anointed with oil, and that goodness and mercy will follow me through the Valley of the Shadow of Death has been hugely helpful.
'If you dwell on a text like this, you will hear or read, what you need to know. That’s felt very powerful over these last weeks. It’s kept us going really.'
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My wife and I were told we’d likely never have children
I was furious. I had just come back from being interviewed by a college
I became very ill when I was 20 years old and was hospitalised
I’m sometimes guilty of thinking I know better than everyone else
I was an executive in a company. A colleague had retired and died very suddenly.
I keep coming back to John 6.67–68
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