Welcome to Drawing From The Well’s first-ever Guest Blog post! Yup, I’m a dog. My name is Rocky, and Donna is my mother. The way I came to be a guest blogger is, I noticed she’s become very busy lately, in her office. So I trotted on in there one day and asked just what she was up to. Well, I was so intrigued that we decided it might be fun for me to interview her! (tail wagging). We had…
This is an amazing true story of a young man in his late teens called Frank Abagnale Jnr (played by Leonardo De Caprio) and FBI agent Carl Hanratty (played by Tom Hanks). The way I see it, it’s also the true story of the rebellious heart found in each one of us and a loving God who never gives up. Having learned wayward ways from his financially struggling father, Frank takes up a life of fraud, forgery and false identities…
On my walk today I noticed all the barbed wire lying around the place, that has been cut down from the many fences that were used to separate the land into paddocks. Now the barbed wire has been pulled down, and in some places, you can see it rolled up and pinned to a pole here and there. In some cases, there are coils of it lying in the grass where it’s been left. In another place, along the path,…
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God ; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. (Psalm 62:5-8) Sometimes my soul is very noisy. It is sometimes easily rattled. I can always…
I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” Psalm 16:2 Dear Reader I am happy to say, that I cannot love you. Please hear me out. I have finally come to realise I can’t love anybody as they deserve to be loved, not anyone. I’ve finally come to truly see the FACT that nothing good dwells in my flesh (Romans 7:18). In my ‘self’ – I am so full of…
I’ve watched all the episodes of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit series, a few times over and conclude there are many obvious shadows and types of Christ and the Church seen in each episode, too many to write about! More than likely, many others have written about these and so I thought I would share just some of what I saw in the episode titled Return of the King. In this episode, we see a ‘steward’, Denethor II, who…
The other day a sister shared with us in our group, what she saw of the Lord whilst planting some trees with her two little boys in tow. She explained the process of digging the hole and filling it with water and then removing the potted tree from its pot. She explained how because the tree had been growing in a pot, its roots had grown long over time, but they went round and round in circles and were all…
Jesus: You can look at the moon and see her in all her glory. She perfectly represents my bride, as she too is bright and radiant, and sits as a lamp-post against the darkness of the night sky. However, it is only by the light of the sun, she can be seen. It is only the light of the sun she reflects to the world; she has no light of her own. But, because your eyes are able to look…
A most excellent shadow and type of Christ the Bridegroom and His Church, His Bride, is seen in the traditional Jewish wedding of Jesus’ day when He was on earth. It is full of shadows and types that move me to tears. For instance, just like in the West today, the chosen bride in ancient Jewish times always had a choice. She, like us, could reject the proposal. This is seen in the case of Rebekah in Genesis 24:57-58. When…
No, this post is not about an Abba song (though I am a big fan). Have you ever heard the expression ‘walk-a-while’? This is an expression used by the Australian aboriginal people to describe how to get to know one another and I think it is a most excellent image of how we get to know our Lord. You see, you can tell me anything and everything you want to about yourself, (even leaving out the bits you don’t want me…