Her Eyes Fixed

25/05/2026

Growing up, my Dad would say, “The only one who wins when we take offence is the devil.” This truth has been something that’s stuck with me. When someone acts hurtfully, it's often because they’ve got their own pain, fears, and insecurities. While that doesn’t excuse their behaviour, remembering this can help us avoid taking things too personally, and becoming bitter.

Understanding where someone is coming from empowers us to stay kind without being naive and compassionate without getting offended. It's possible to hold both wisdom and grace, which is what I think it means to “love your enemies.”

Yes, guard your heart, but do so with love, understanding, and prayer. Praying for someone who has hurt you is freeing. When we seek God in our hurt, He washes away the lies and helps keep our hearts soft, as He leads us with our eyes fixed on Him.

You can acknowledge someone's brokenness without excusing their actions. This is a place of powerful maturity.
You don’t have to deny what’s happened or label unhealthy behaviour as fine. At the same time, you don’t have to let another’s wounds plant seeds of bitterness in your heart.
We need to guard our hearts with truth, compassion, and healthy boundaries, while choosing to clothe ourselves with kindness, humility, gentleness, patience. Bearing with each other in love and forgiveness, because Christ has already shown such love to us.

24/05/2026

I often find this question coming up. It’s one that I’ve wrestled with over and over. And when I hear people I love ask this question, I wish I could help answer it better.

This is a message I had the privilege to share a couple of years ago. If you find yourself asking this same question, maybe have a listen to what God has taught me on this journey.

I pray you’d find hope and peace in Jesus

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23/05/2026

What’s on your mind today?

"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." Colossians 3:1-2

As someone who believes that God sent his Son Jesus to live, die and rise again, to pay the price for our sins. It changes everything… We have been made alive in Christ! Paul uses this imagery in Colossians of our old sinful self being buried with christ, and then being raised with Christ.

It means we’re not who we once were. We’re not defined by our past, but our identity is in HIm.
It changes how you live. How you think. What you prioritise. What you value. What holds your attention.

And Paul says that as we live this new life, we should set our minds on things above. Fix our eyes on HIm. His truths.
Because it’s as we seek Him and allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, that we experience true freedom.

21/05/2026

"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness."

Paul’s saying: you’ve received Jesus… now live like it.
Sink your roots deep. Let your life be built in Him.
The imagery here is something growing. Something strengthening over time.

Paul is calling the church into a maturing life in Christ. A growing life in Christ. It’s active. Ongoing. A daily walk.

Not just knowing about God…
But allowing the Holy Spirit to transform us. Being built up and strengthened in Him.
We stop letting other voices define our worth.
We stop searching everywhere else for fulfilment.
We live full lives because Christ is enough.
Our identity is fully found “in Him.” As we receive Him as the Lord of our lives.

Is Jesus the Lord of your life?
Are you choosing to build your life in Him?

19/05/2026

As Paul writes to the church in Colossae he starts of with this beautiful prayer for the people. It's a prayer I pray often. I pray it over myself, my husband, my kids, my family and friends.
And today I'm praying it over you....

18/05/2026

Jesus, more of you and less of me.
Shape my heart. Renew my mind.
I want to walk closely with You.
Help me to let go of the things that pull my focus away from You, and fix my eyes on what matters most.
May my words reflect You.
May my thoughts honour You.
May my life point people toward You.

More of Your love. More of Your wisdom. More of Your peace.
More of Your Spirit at work within me.
Jesus, continue transforming me from the inside out.
More of You… and less of me.
Amen

17/05/2026

Philippians 4 says,
“Do not be anxious about anything…”
Sometimes I read that and think, Lord, that feels hard.

Life can be hard. There are decisions to make. People we love who are struggling. Situations we can’t fix.

But what I love about this letter from Paul, is that he isn’t writing these words from a peaceful beach somewhere. He’s writing from prison.
Which means this isn’t someone pretending life is easy.
This is someone who has discovered that peace can exist even when circumstances are hard.

Paul says, “Present your requests to God.”
I think sometimes we carry things for far too long before we actually bring them honestly before the Lord.
Prayer has a way of leading us to surrender.

And then Paul says, “with thanksgiving.”
Because gratitude helps lift our eyes to Him..
It reminds us that even in the middle of uncertainty, God is still faithful. Still present. Still good.

And then “Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right… think about such things.”
Because what we dwell on shapes us. If we constantly feed fear, fear grows.

But when we fix our eyes on the goodness of God, His truth begins to fill our hearts and minds. Not because all the problems suddenly disappear.
But because His peace meets us in the middle of it all as we choose to replace our anxious thoughts, with His truths and fix our eyes on Him.

15/05/2026

I love waking up to the sounds of birds in the morning.

The birds always remind me of just how much God cares for me. In Matthew 6, Jesus talks about how the Father cares even for the birds, providing all that they need. He says, “Do not worry… seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

I have a bird aviary out the back. It belonged to my parents when they lived here, but now it’s been entrusted to me. I love listening to the birds… but honestly, I’m not always very good at looking after them. (Please don’t judge me.)

But not our Heavenly Father.
He never forgets.
He is good, kind, loving, and faithful to provide.

Sometimes when we read “do not worry,” we treat it like good advice.
We think, “Yes, I’m going to try harder not to worry.”

But we still hold the control.
The worry is still ours to carry and manage.

It’s a little like the difference between the birds in the aviary out the back… and the birds in the park across the street.

Sometimes we live like everything depends on us to provide. Like if we just hold on tightly enough, plan enough, manage enough…

But when we hear “do not worry” it's an invitation to surrender our worry to our loving creator God, the one who cares so deeply for us. An invitation to loosen our grip, to trust Him fully.

And it’s there, in that surrender, that He fills our hearts with His peace, His goodness, and His joy. He is so good. His love is greater than we could ever imagine, and he cares for us.

So next time you hear the birds chirping… let it remind you that God cares for you too.

Take a breath. Let go of control. And surrender it to Him.

09/05/2026

Mother’s Day can hold both joy and grief at the same time.
For some, today is full of celebration and gratitude.
For others, it carries loss, longing, exhaustion, or unanswered prayers.

In the middle of a chapter about how we love one another, Paul calls us in Romans 12:15 to “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.”

What a picture of the heart of Jesus.

This Mother’s Day, may we celebrate with those celebrating, sit gently with those hurting, and remember that God is present in it all.

Lord, help us love others with compassion.
Teach us to rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn.
And remind every heart today that You are near.
Amen.

08/05/2026

I love the psalms.
One moment you’ve got David saying, “Where can I go from Your presence? If I rise on the wings of the dawn… even there Your hand will guide me…”

And the next … “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”

On one hand, there’s joyful praise confidence in who God is, declarations of His goodness. And then, almost in the same breath, there are raw and desperate pleas.

But here’s what I love. David doesn’t filter himself before God. He doesn’t wait until he’s got it all together.
He just shows up… honestly before the Lord.

And if we’re real for a moment… Davids’ rollercoaster of emotions probably feels familiar. I know for me, I have prayed both types of prayers in the same week. Sometimes even the same day. And just like David who held both the praise and the pain before God… Prayer isn't a place to be good, it's a place to be honest.

A heart fixed on God, isn't a heat that never struggles. It's a heart that keeps turning toward Him in the midst of it all.
Maybe today you find yourself praising.
Maybe today you find yourself barely holding on.
Either way… bring it before Him.
The God who welcomed David’s worship also welcomed his lament.
And He welcomes yours too.
Keep your eyes fixed on Him.
Not because you have all the answers,
but because He remains faithful in every season.

07/05/2026