Hope4Bath

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked are before me.” 2 I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred up. 3 My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned. Then I ….  Read More

We can say so much and be so quick to speak but why is it we are so slow to say Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Arigato, do jeh, daw-dyeh, Danke sehr, Khop Khun Mak Kha, Spasiba, gamsahabnida, Takk, Mahalo, Toda , Efharisto Or Thank You? Are we so unaware of how thoughtful and kind people are to ….  Read More

As the UK braces itself for a second wave of Covid 19, it is interesting to note the things that concern people most. The overriding concern appears to be as to whether we will be able to celebrate a ‘normal Christmas’. If any political leader was able to guarantee such a thing, s/he would gain ….  Read More

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! 2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply, and Your hand presses me down. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger, nor any health in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy ….  Read More

I loved reading the story of a coin on display in a museum in Northern Britain, labelled as being from the Roman Empire and had been minted between the years 135 and 138 A.D. It was a second century coin and many people had gazed upon this wonderful example of ancient coinage with the large ….  Read More

And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 Then the Jews ….  Read More

I well remember during my first University term being told that the blood transfusion service was in town the next day, to which I shuddered and decided it wasn’t for me. The next morning my friend said he was going and in the cold light of day it seemed weak-willed not to join him. All ….  Read More

21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows mercy and gives. 22 For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, but those cursed by Him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand. 25 I have ….  Read More

In Westminster Abbey, London, there is a tomb for an ‘Unknown Warrior’. It is the grave of a soldier who died in France in the First World War but, like thousands of others, he could not be identified; he was unknown.  The body was brought to London in 1920, two years after the ceasefire of ….  Read More

Today, on Armistice Day, many will remember when, at the 11th hour on the 11th November 1918, the ceasefire occurred ending the hostilities of the First World War.  In gratitude, the many will be remembered who lost their lives and suffered in that great war and successive wars and we, the living, promise ‘We will ….  Read More