Check out my new online shop HERE.
You will find the EP for only £5, delivered to your door. And if you order before the end of February I will include a free copy of the Resound Media sampler CD which I am featured on, alongside some other great songs by artists such as Philippa Hanna and Roo Walker.
Alternatively you can also buy the Sampler CD for a bargain price of £2.
All in all I’d say thats some top bargains there! So check it out and spread the word!
I would like to introduce you to 2 more of my friends blogs.
The first of these belongs to a Mr Laurie Woodgate. Who is one of the ‘Youth’ at my Church, as well as being a fantastic singer in the Youth Band. You can find his blog here where he writes honestly and openly, in a very inspiring way about his life, faith, and other things. A great read, and don’t miss out on ‘The Banter Blog’ page!! Laurie Woodgate, ‘The Think Blog’
And the 2nd is a friend from Church, Helen Murray, who is working twice as hard as anyone else and bringing us 2 wonderful blogs! The first of which, is a really great read of Helens prayers which she has humbly made public for us to join in with, be inspired, and motivated by. Helen has a really fresh way of praying, which moves away from all cliches and religious phrases which can, if we’re honest often make us lose interest in praying! Helen Murray, ‘Are we nearly there yet’
And the last one of today is Helen Murrays personal blog of great thoughts from a wonderful woman of God, Wife to Bryan, and Mother of 2.
I hope you find these blogs as helpful as I do.
So I know i’m not the only person to be sharing with the world my thoughts about New year! It seems that it is all I read at the moment on Twitter, Facebook, and the likes… (P.S has anyone tried this new one, Path? Looks like it could be ok, but at the moment I am my only friend on mine so its rubbish!!… Let me know if you get it, www.path.com)
Anyway, as I was saying… But I don’t think this is a bad thing. Even though the only thing that really happened on the 1st of January is our clocks went forward a day (Which coincidently will also happen at 12am tonight, and tomorrow!) Well, that and someone in Britain, probably me and every other tax payer decided not to spend extra money on anything useful, but instead blowing thousands, probably millions on throwing exploding lights off the London eye for 15 minutes. (Though this was quite spectacular).
But there is something special about this time of year, something that makes you want to start a fresh, to try something new. I don’t know about you, but I always find it a little easier to get up in the morning (Though not much!) I tidied my room, in fact I completely changed my room around and now am looking out the window at my desk and not at a wall which is nice, though I should open the blinds. Me and Katie have got back into swimming after an embarrassing december, I think we went about 3 times the whole month!
I’m not one for making big new years resolutions like ‘I will give up chocolate’ because in honesty, I like chocolate. But I do like looking at the year ahead and thinking ‘I wonder what will happen’. For me already I have an exciting month ahead… Next Wednesday 12th January, I am being interviewed on Cross Rhythms radio, this is my first ever radio interview! I am a little nervous to be honest, but very excited too. You can listen online at http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/, I think its at about 8pm but i’ll confirm soon.
This weekend I’m off to a New Wine Leaders retreat conference, at Center Parcs which I’m very much looking forward to. It will be nice to just relax, and focus on God for a weekend… And enjoy Center Parcs! And in February my EP will be available on iTunes, which I am looking forward to.
Some of my friends are also trying new things this year, I thought I would share a couple with you (And there is one more on the way when he makes his new blog ‘Public’!)
Eleanor, who is my girlfriend Katie’s sister, is off to Australia tomorrow, which in itself is pretty immense! But the best part is she’s going for 7 months, doing a YWAM course. She has just started a new blog which she will be updating so check that out…http://elsinaus.blogspot.com/
And Matt, who is also my boss, has just started a new blog which I’m sure will be a good read… http://therectorsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-new-year.html?spref=fb
So yeh, I will be in touch soon. In the meantime don’t forget to sign up to my mailing list!
Blessings,
Gaz
I hope you have been enjoying this snowy weather? I love it! Its so nice to look out and everything just be covered in fluffy white snow. I love walking home at night also when the snow lights up the streets reflecting the light, so beautiful. And so peaceful also.
I wish it were here more often. And I wish I had some skiis! Here are some photos I took…
Comfort can rule our lives. It can even break us away from the things we love to do, because sometimes it is difficult to find the get up and go, sometimes it makes us feel uneasy or vulnerable even to chase after our dreams and passions. It’s much easier to go through the week, go to work, make small talk with colleagues, have dinner, go back to work, send emails, draw rotas, make phone calls, go home, watch TV, sleep, and then start the cycle again. It’s easy to do what needs doing, when that’s always what gets done. Yet it’s so hard to be stretched, to think outside the diary, to find time to do what we really want to do. Even in our downtime we find ourselves just watching TV, or going on Facebook, because that’s easy.
Comfort is so easy to achieve, and always looks so desirable. But the saying rings true, the grass is always greener on the other side. Comfort quickly becomes boring, stale, over rated.
But why is it so hard to leave the comfort zone? Why is it so hard to think outside the box? I love writing, I especially love writing songs. Yet when I sit down with a pen it is sometimes so hard to write. The same, boring ideas float round my head. The same cliché sentences that already send people straight to sleep, the same boring rhymes. Why is it so hard to find a way outside the box?
When we spend too much time being comfortable, it gets harder to break away. Waking up in the morning it can be so hard to get up, and it seems the longer we lie in bed, the more difficult it becomes to get up, well this is how it works for me anyway! Yet when we get into a pattern of getting up, it becomes easier, yes we will have off days. But when you get yourself used to it, it becomes natural.
I envy people who have the perseverance to master their skill so much that it becomes 2nd nature. I long to have the same determination, but I spend too much time getting half way and being satisfied to quickly.
I long to stretch myself so much that I find it hard to sit comfortably, I strongly believe God longs for us to become uncomfortable, He did not send us to earth just to rest, and have an easy time. That’s what heaven is about! But we are here to grow, try, and try again. Sometimes at great cost. When this is not happening, something is wrong.
I find there is nothing worse than looking back on a day off and thinking, well I slept till 12, I watched TV, played on the Xbox, had a shower and got dressed at 4pm, and watched TV all night because it was too late to do anything. What a waste. So my challenge is simple… What can we do today, that will make tomorrow, a yesterday that we will want to live again?
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