And the next one is.....

It may have been quicker just to get a new kitchen…..

Last night, the grill on my 14 year old cooker died. John is going to try to fix it, but we also have one of the rings not working, so it’s looking like next month might mean another trawl round the shops for a new cooker. Thankfully, when we had to buy a new microwave a few weeks ago, we got an option which was both a microwave and a griller, so we’re OK for the moment, but it doesn’t do family-sized grilling all at the same time.

I have to say, I am getting SO cheeeeeesed-off with so many things breaking on us at the same time. It’s hard not to feel that this attack is personal, now

All I can pray is for strength and patience, and to choose to rejoice, because if Satan is behind this, then he must be trying to get us rattled, and thereby take our focus off what God is doing, and is yet to do

Pat’s Thought for the Day
"Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colours. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way." (James 1:2-4, THE MESSAGE