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Her Eyes Fixed, Perth (2026)

02/10/2026

Persevering. I've been thinking a lot about what it means to persevere.
I love this verse. Romans 5:3–4: "...because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."

I've read this verse 1000 times, I've even memorised it... because there's something about walking through hard, or even just dry, seasons and feeling like we need to persevere... which is so good.

But as I read this verse in its broader context of what Christ has done for us, and as I read other Scriptures about perseverance, like Hebrews 12, which calls us to run the race set before us with perseverance while keeping our eyes on Jesus, and James 1, which notes that testing produces perseverance, which leads to spiritual maturity and completeness, I feel like my picture of perseverance has changed.
It's no longer this "must keep swimming" mentality or the "holding on" for dear life to the ledge...

Perseverance isn't holding on, perseverance is pursuing Him.

It's in our active pursuit of God that we experience transformational character and receive His hope.
It's in the active pursuit of God that we fix our eyes on Jesus, not on the muck around us.
It's in the active pursuit of God that we experience spiritual maturity and completeness, despite our circumstances.

So today my prayer is this: God, would You always help me to lift my eyes to You, to fix them on Your truth, Your love. When distractions come, busyness, tiredness, help me to persevere in my pursuit of You in all things. Help me to surrender, and let go of the grip I try to hold, but trust it all to You.

21/09/2026

"I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears." Psalm 34:4

God isn’t distant. I don’t know what you’ve been walking through lately, good days hard days, things that feel heavy, things that feel new. Whatever it is…. God isn’t distant.
There is something so beautiful about the way that God loves us. It’s greater than any other love. A love that chooses to pursue, to be close, to lead us, protect us and journey with us.
If I had to liken it to anything in this world, I think it would be closest to the love of a parent to a child. The child doesn’t need to earn their parents love, it just is.

We can feel distant from God, but I truly believe that distant feeling only comes from withing ourselves.
Sometimes it’s our busyness that distracts or the pursuit of self, our ways. Sometimes it’s the hard things, the frustration, disappointments or anger.

As a parent I’ve sat there when my child was upset and hurting, choosing to shut down or distance themselves. And because of my love for them, I’ve sat close, and waited with arms open wide. Desperately waiting for them to let me in so I can comfort them.
This is how I see God. He’s not distant…. He’s close. Right there waiting for us to let him in, to seek him.

God isn’t surprised by what we long for. He’s not surprised by our struggles, or by our fears. He loves us so deeply, and wants us to allow Him in, because it’s in Him we find true peace, and comfort and joy.

“I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.” Psalm 34:4-5

15/09/2026

This last weekend I was at our women’s retreat and sat around the campfire.
I love campfires. There is something so beautiful and mesmerising about them as you sit and stare at the hot burning coals, leaning in to keep warm.
I had my drink bottle and my bible sitting under my chair, as I sat enjoying the laughter and the chatter around the fire.

The next morning as I picked up my drink bottle and bible for the day. I noticed the smell of smoke from the fire was so strong on the pages of my bible, even the water in the bottle tasted smokey, as I took a sip. The aroma of the campfire had stuck after being so close to it.

As I sit here days later still distracted by the smell of my favourite bible. God gently reminded me thats what happens as we sit with Him. As we spend time with our loving , kind, creator God. Closely, fixing our eyes on Him, mesmerised by His beauty, in awe of is magnificence, His glory, His love.
Something about who He is sticks… His aroma is something that stays with us as our heart surrenders to Him.

2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

As we are In Christ, we are united with Him.
As we spend time with Him, allowing His truth to define us, we are but a pleasing aroma of one who is in Christ.

The smell of smoke will hopefully fade from my bible. But I never want the aroma of Christ to fade in me. So I choose to come close, to sit with Him, and allow Him to work in me.

10/09/2026

This week has been tough, as my family continue to walk through what they call "the long goodbye."
I'm so thankful for all the many friends who pray, and encourage, and support, reminding me to fix my eyes on the God who loves, who cares, who walks with me through every valley. In Him we find our peace, our hope and our strength.

So today's post is in honour of my Mum. Here's a little something I wrote for her...

When you forget, I’ll still remember.

I’ll remember your voice singing us to sleep, your hand gently rubbing our backs.

I’ll remember the delicious meals you made, there was always enough food for friends at your table.

I’ll remember Christmas stockings filled with our favourite chocolates, opened and carefully stapled back together just to make us feel special.

I’ll remember the way you would pretend to be cross, when we reminded you how short you are.

I’ll remember the kitchen water fights, the card games, chasing the school bus when we were late, warm hugs watching TV together on the couch, and the hours you spent trying to braid my hair, never quite getting there.

I’ll remember you dancing with Dad in the living room, laughing and enjoying the moment.

I’ll remember how you showed up with a meal when we were sick, a helping hand when we needed it, and a gentle prayer when life felt too much.

I’ll remember you laughing with the grandkids, playing, baking, singing, the lunch dates and the sleepovers.

I’ll remember how you worked hard, you loved deeply, and you cared greatly.

I’ll remember how you loved Jesus and lived that love out in the way you served others, the way you welcomed people, the way you were Mum to so many.

I’ll remember your laughter, your generosity, your beautiful heart, always making people feel loved.

And when the memories become harder for you to hold, I’ll hold them for you.

Because dementia may take your memories, but it cannot erase the life you lived, the love you gave, or the way you made us feel.

When you forget, Mum, I’ll still remember.
And I’ll always remember that you are truly the best. I love you

05/09/2026

Ever wondered what it is that carries you through your day?
What’s leading you?
Today I took some time to pause and reflect. Simple. I’m being led by my heart.
Sounds good at first, but as the pen hit the paper, and my heart poured out, the tears started to flow.
I’m being led by my heavy heart.
My heart that cares deeply for people I love and so desperately wants to help them.
My heart that wishes it could take away anxiety,
My heart that wishes it could take away pain.
My heart that wishes it could bring back memory,
To take away struggles, and wipe away tears.
I know these things are out of my control. But still my heart yearns.

There’s a proverb:
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23

I’ve often thought guarding our hearts is about protecting ourselves. Being mindful of the things we watch and hear, the things we think about, the things we set our affection on, and the things we give our attention to. Ultimately, guarding our hearts so they don't lead us into sinful behaviours.

And it does…
But what if guarding our heart wasn’t just about stopping sin?
What if guarding our heart was about our relationship with Him?
What if guarding our heart leads us to ask the question: Who is Lord of my heart?
What if surrendering my heavy heart to my Heavenly Father is exactly how I guard it?

We can’t protect ourselves from hard circumstances. We can’t always fix things and make it all feel better, and we can’t simply run away from them.
But we can surrender our heavy hearts to Him.
Allowing Him to comfort us, to sit with us, to walk with us and to carry us.

So today I choose to guard my heart.
To surrender the hard things to Him.
Not to be led by a heavy heart, but to be led by a surrendered heart.
Fixing my eyes on Him.

19/08/2026

Ecclesiastes 7:2–4
“It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting…”

It's a confronting verse, isn't it? I mean I love a good feast!!
We naturally want to avoid the hard stuff. The sadness, the grief, the disappointment, the seasons that leave us asking, “Why?”

But I’ve been thinking about this, and have noticed that sometimes it is the hard places that slow us down enough to really think about what matters.
Grief reminds us how deeply we love.
A diagnosis reminds us there are things out of our control
And difficult seasons have a way of stripping away the things we thought were important and showing us what really is.

I know for me, some of the deepest growth in my relationship with God has happened in the seasons I would never have chosen.
The seasons where I haven't known what to do next. Of desperation....Where I've had to let go of my own plans and my own idea of how things should work out.

I've had to learn to trust Him when I couldn't see what He was doing.
To become more dependent on Him. And honestly, I don't think I would have learned some of those things in the easy seasons.

That doesn't mean I would choose the hard seasons again. And it doesn't mean the pain wasn't real.
But I can look back at tough seasons and see that God was there.
He was faithful. He was with me. Comforting me and teaching me to trust Him and reminding me that He is enough.

It’s when I look back and see how God was there then, that it gives me confidence for today.

I may not understand this season. I may not know how it will unfold.
But I've seen enough of God's faithfulness to know that He is still with me here.
The God who carried me then is the same God who carries me now.

So maybe the hard seasons aren't wasted seasons.
Maybe they are places where God teaches us to depend on Him, to let go of our ways, and to discover that He really is faithful through it all.
“God, help me to trust You in this season, even when I can't see what You're doing. Help me remember Your faithfulness, and keep my eyes fixed on You.”

14/08/2026

Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour…”
I was reading this passage recently and found myself feeling really thankful for the people God has placed around me.

There is something so beautiful about having people in your life who help you carry things. People who know you well enough to notice when you're not quite yourself. The ones who call to check in when you've been a little quiet, send a message, pray for you, or simply sit with you and drink a coke. haha

Ecclesiastes says, “If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.”
And isn't that so true?
We all have seasons when we're not at our strongest. Sometimes we're tired, discouraged, or carrying more than we can manage on our own. How beautiful it is to have people who help us find our feet again.

It says “If two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?” What a beautiful picture...
Sometimes we just need people who keep us warm.
People who bring comfort and encouragement. People who make us laugh. People who remind us of God's goodness when we're struggling to see it for ourselves.

And as I think about the people who have done that for me, I feel incredibly grateful.
The people who have checked in. The ones who have prayed. The ones who have listened. The ones who have simply shown up.
What a gift you are to me. Thank you!

Maybe today there is someone in your life who needs a little warmth from you. Maybe it's a text, a phone call, a chocolate, a prayer, or just letting them know, “Hey, I've been thinking about you.”

We really aren't meant to do this alone.
“A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

12/08/2026

Ecclesiastes 3:11
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”

I’ve been thinking about stained-glass windows lately.
Imagine being pressed right up against one.
All you can see are pieces of coloured glass. Some beautiful. Some dark. Some that might even look completely broken.

If you only had that perspective, you might wonder what on earth you were looking at.

But step back, and suddenly the pieces make sense.
What looked like broken, scattered pieces becomes something beautiful.
A picture you couldn't see when you were standing so close.

And I wonder if sometimes that's a little like our lives.
We see the piece we're standing in.
The disappointment. The waiting. The thing that doesn't make sense. The season we wouldn't have chosen.
And from where we're standing, it can be really hard to see anything beautiful in it.

But God sees the whole window.
He sees the beginning, the middle and the end.
He sees what we can't see.

Ecclesiastes reminds us that God has placed eternity in our hearts, but that we cannot fathom everything He is doing from beginning to end.

I think that's part of learning to trust Him.
We don't have to understand the whole picture to trust the one who does.

Because God is good. His perspective is eternal. His ways are so much bigger than ours.

We can fix our eyes on Him

10/08/2026

Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens…”
I love this passage in Ecclesiastes.

A time to laugh and a time to weep.
A time to celebrate and a time to grieve.
A time to plant and a time to uproot.
A time to build and a time to tear down.
Life really does move through seasons. Some seasons we love. Some we wish would last forever. And then there are seasons we just wish would hurry up and end.

But the beautiful thing about Ecclesiastes 3 isn't simply that there is a time for everything. It's that God is still God in every one of those times!

When we're laughing, He's there.
When we're weeping, He's there.
When life feels full and we're celebrating, He's there.
When we're grieving and wondering what comes next, He's there too.
Our circumstances change. Our seasons change.
But God's character doesn't.
He is still good. Still faithful. Still kind. Still present.

Sometimes I can spend so much energy wishing I was in a different season that it can be easy to miss what God might be doing in the one I'm in now.

So today my prayer is "God, I don't understand this season. I wouldn't have chosen it. But I trust You with it."

It's beautiful place of surrender.
Because if God is present in every season, then even here, in this one, He can meet me, He can grow me and He can show me more of who He is.

So what about your season? Maybe today, instead of only asking God to change your circumstances, pause and ask:
"God, what do You want to teach me here?"
"What do You want to grow in me?"
"How can I see You in this?"
" I will praise you in the storms"

Whatever season you're in today, He is there.
Keep your eyes fixed on Him.

26/07/2026

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7

I love these verses.

But honestly, I've always found them a little tricky.
"Do not be anxious about anything."

Really? Anything?
Because life brings plenty of moments that make us anxious. The uncertainty. The waiting. The people we love. The things we can't control.

The more I've sat with this passage, the more I've realised I don't think Paul is asking us to pretend those anxious thoughts don't exist. He's inviting us to do something with them.

When those anxious thoughts come knocking, we don't have to let them settle in and make themselves at home.

Instead, we bring them to God. We pray. We surrender. We fix our eyes back on Him.
He sees the bigger picture when we only see what's right in front of us.

And as we do that... "The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

It doesn't always makes sense. but its a peace that comes from knowing Him.
it means we surrender our what ifs? and hold onto "even when... "

Even when.... I will trust God
Even when .... I will pray
Even when ... God, you are with me...

Paul is inviting us into that kind of relationship.

Not a life where we never feel anxious...But a life where every anxious thought becomes another invitation to pray. Another invitation to trust.
Another invitation to deepen our relationship with the one whose peace can guard our hearts, even when life feels anything but peaceful.

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