EXAMINE MY HEART

1. Lord of every mystery,
maker of the land and sea,
you know every atom, each and every galaxy. Still you come to listen and to speak with me like a parent, lovingly.

Examine my heart, explore my mind,
find the fears that lie hidden from my sight. Open me up and let me see
how you work in my life,
you move in my life.
Examine my heart, explore my mind, what’s behind every action that I take.
And as I learn more than I knew,
may I learn even more
how deeply I’m loved by you.

2. Jesus, you’re the light, the way;
let me hear your voice today
in the quiet, in the busyness of work and play. Speak to me in happiness or misery.
Redirect me when I stray.

(At end of final chorus repeat last two lines two times)

1998. Chapter 3 of Richard Foster's book Prayer was the spark for this song. We were on our annual summer holiday at Middleton. Having read the chapter on the Friday, I woke early next morning. I listened on headphones to a track of kd lang, followed by several songs on the ABC's 'Rage', the last of which was Mariah Carey's Butterfly. All of these elements played a role in the final product. Ps 17: 3 Ps 26:2-3 Ps 139: 2-3

ALWS 5/10/23

To say I've been inactive on my website is a serious understatement! I've written nothing here since early 2021. 

So, does this mean the world has stopped for us, that nothing is happening?
A major event for us in 2022 was moving house in October. We had been in Modbury Heights since July 1993.Now we're back in Klemzig.

In May we travelled to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, seeing work supported by Australian Lutheran World Service. Dorothy and I are Ambassadors for the ALWS programme, Lives You Touch. We are encouraging people to leave money in their will for the work of ALWS. We committed to leave a third of our will many years ago and hope many others can touch lives in this way.
Since then we have visited Box Hill & Loxton with Jonathan & Julie Krause as part of the Asante presentations, promoting the cause of ALWS. Still to come this year are Asante events in Toowoomba & Rochedale (Nov 26 & 27) and Perth (Dec 10)

Looking forward to seeing many people on these occasions.