Author Archives: Caroline Abblitt (lovedandhis)

Remembering How God Worked in me in the Philippines…

More from the Philippines, Summer 2007, Part 2 Well, another week in Manila and, as ever, I am a living testimony to His faithfulness. Still trying to learn what it means to relax in His loving Hands because, honestly, if we are His through Jesus, we are so, so safe and we don’t have toContinue reading “Remembering How God Worked in me in the Philippines…”

Memories from the Philippines…

If it’s ok with you, I want to experiment a bit on the blog. I’ve been toying with an idea, and I think the Lord has been encouraging me to go with it. Almost ten years ago now, I went to Manila in the Philippines on a mission trip for around five weeks. While IContinue reading “Memories from the Philippines…”

Do you Ever Struggle to Trust God?

Do you ever struggle to trust God? Do you ever wonder whether He is really kind? Do you struggle with doubts that maybe He hyasn’t seen… Or He doesn’t care… Or He isn’t as good as you’re supposed to believe He is? I sure do! Over the past few days, the Lord has been helpingContinue reading “Do you Ever Struggle to Trust God?”

Thoughts on Going into a New Year…

I don’t know how it happened, but already we are on the cusp of another year, and it’s time to reflect and pray and take stock again. How do I look at another year? To be honest, sometimes I’m a bit afraid of what the new year will bring; what trials will come; how IContinue reading “Thoughts on Going into a New Year…”

If I Were at the Manger…

Christmas is almost here and I want to spend more time thinking about what it means before it’s all over and life rushes forward. I want to think with my words: to stop slow at the manger and breathe- and grasp something of what it means. So I want to try and do that inContinue reading “If I Were at the Manger…”

What Do You Really Want for Christmas?

What do you really want for Christmas? What do I really want for Christmas? A present? Something you’ve wanted wrapped up with a ribbon? We may or may not get those things wrapped up in a box for us on Christmas Day. But there’s one thing we can know for sure: God has given us a GiftContinue reading “What Do You Really Want for Christmas?”

When I feel Inadequate and Afraid…

I don’t know about you but I often seem to find myself going back to the same old familiar Bible passages in December. And God speaks to me through them. One of the things that has gone deep, again and again, is what the angel said to Mary. ‘Then the angel said to her, “Do notContinue reading “When I feel Inadequate and Afraid…”

When Christmas feels too busy… or too routine… or too hard…

Somehow it’s got round to December again.December with the sparkly lights and the glowing colours and the busy days and the old, familiar ways… The traditions we have experienced again and again and again. What does Christmas mean to you? Maybe it’s become routine: something you do every year. Maybe it’s a pretty hectic, stressfulContinue reading “When Christmas feels too busy… or too routine… or too hard…”

Even if you’re not American…

This is the time of the year when my friends and I get together to celebrate Thanksgiving. No, I am not American. But our team began celebrating Thanksgiving years ago for the sake of our American friends, and it has become a tradition-and a joy! We get together in a beautifully decorated house for aContinue reading “Even if you’re not American…”