A River Flowing
posted: 7 Sep 2009 comments: 1category:
I've been thinking about rivers recently, well the truth is I think about the river everyday. My house looks out on the River Forth. The thing is the river never stays the same it changes everyday in life. I believe its such a great privilege to live so close to a river. There are so many exciting analogies about tour spiritual life , to be learned from a river. Here's a picture of the River Tweed in full flow this afternoon, Monday 7th September.
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