I had a great day today visiting Dave and Sarah Aarons in Portsmouth.
Dave will be starting as director of Solent YFC in January.
Such wonderful people and the sort of people that I know are going to make a lasting impression on the lives of those that they come into contact with.
Please pray for them as they settle in over Christmas.

On my way back I had a bit of freaky experience when the BMW if front of me suddenly disappeared in a cloud of thick dense white smoke. It was amazing, traffic nearly came to a standstill as this was worse than fog – I could not even see the front of my cars bonnet.

The thickness of white was amazing, it was incredibly bright, incredibly thick, wonderfully clean and, I guess, quite beautiful; but it was also terrifying! I fully expecting to either hit another car or for another car to hit me, and at 70 mph I was quite literally fearing for my life. All cars saw what was happening and at that time of day the motorway was quite empty.

Only now as I reflect on that scary incident has it come to me that may well have been a similar experience to the High Priest of the Old Testament when he went into the holy of holies. Intense white, beautiful … but terrifying and fearing for his life.

I wonder ….