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We have a wee fountain in our garden. We love the sound of the water cascading down the stones. It is made up from plum slate stones, pre-drilled in the centre. These are slotted over a metal tube (see video above). When I first installed the water pump, it was splashing too much water into the grass and not enough along the irrigation channels leading to the bucket housing the water pump. It sounds complex, but its a really simple process that recirculates the water in the bucket under the fountain, up through the metal tube which then recirculates the water.  After clearing some of the smaller stones at the base I was able to widen the catchment area, with the water circulation lasting now for almost an hour before refilling. The scriptures tell us that from "out of our innermost being flow rivers of living water. The Amplified Bible puts it this way: " He who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Me], as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being

The first miracle, the "Feeding of the 5,000", is the only miracle recorded in all four gospels (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:1-14). Reading the four gospel accounts give us a fuller picture of all that went on around this miracle.  1.Bring them here to me In Matthews account (Matthew 15:13-21) it is interesting that Jesus asks his disciples to bring the packed lunch to him.  “ We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish ,” they answered. “ Bring them here to me,” Jesus said.  2. Here is a boy Also. In Johns account (6:1-14) he tells us that Andrew was the one who introduced the boy with the pack lunch to Jesus   "Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up,  “ Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” I have pondered the story from all four gospels and am challenged with these two insights, gleaned from two of the accounts.  1stly - When we b

Most people in the world can see the natural world, yet many cannot see in the unseen realm of the Spirit. Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, she attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She worked for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) from 1924 until 1968, during which time she toured the United States and traveled to 39 countries around the globe advocating for those with vision loss. A few of her famous quotes are about seeing, yet she was blind.   " The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart"  " The only thing worse tha