It's like I've been on an emotional roller coaster in the last few days. I thought last week was full of highs and lows, until this week began! And it's not even over yet. I've already had good and bad news in the space of three days. Oh dear heavenly Father, help me before I drown! OK, enough with the theatrics,
FG, get to the point of this blog.
Hubby and I had a nice time at the Christian Blog Awards last Friday. It was an honour to be invited to the event, as it was the first of its kind. We met so many people: the Bishop of London was there, journalists, other Christian
bloggers, people from Premier Radio, and so on. Hubby and I sat on a table with a team from a church in Surrey, they were nominated for the Best Church website award, and it was really nice to chat with them throughout the ceremony. We had a champagne reception and a four-course dinner which was very nice. After the meal, it was time for the awards to be presented. Winners got a trophy and a chance to give a small speech. I was quite nervous when the list of nominees were being called out. I didn't win in my category, but I was the runner-up! I got a certificate with my name on it, which I am proudly looking at now. Here's a list of the awards and the winners:
Best Creative Christian Blog or Website - Dave Walker at
http://www.cartoonchurch.com/Most Inspiring Leadership Blog - Colin Adams with
http://www.unashamedworkman.wordpress.org/Best Christian Newcomer blog - Dr.
Krish Kandiah http://krishk.wordpress.com/Best Young Christian Blog (under 25) - Emily Woods with
http://www.unfurlingflower.blogspot.com/Best Church Website - King’s Church, Manchester
http://www.makingjesusfamous.org.uk/The Most Original Worship Blog - Worship Central-
http://www.worshipcentral.org/Best Provision for Youth Website - Soul Survivor
http://www.soulsurvivor.com/Best Christian News and Reviews Site -
http://www.christiantoday.com/Best Christian Social Action Website -
http://www.stopthetraffik.org/Most Successful Evangelistic Blog -
http://www.rejesus.co.uk/People’s Choice Award -
http://www.mindandsoul.info/After the awards were given out, the presenters thanked the judges, sponsors and everyone that made the event successful and the evening came to a close with a prayer. We got lovely goody-bags to take home filled with worship
CDs, DVDs, chocolates, and lots of other treats. I'm glad I attended and got to mingle with lovely people. Many thanks to the good people at
Premier Christian Radio for organising the awards and inviting me.
The rest of my weekend went well, I attended a friend's wedding on Saturday and that was lovely. So I was just feeling much better and my mood had only just lifted when I got some more bad news on Monday night! My grandmother had passed away on Monday afternoon. I can't describe all the emotions I'm dealing with right now. It's a mixture of sadness, disappointment and regrets. Mostly because death is so final, at least on this side of eternity. She was 79, and we were already talking of marking her 80
th birthday, but that's not going to happen now. Since Monday, the memories of her have been swirling around my mind. The last time I saw my grandma was in 2005 and I've been wishing I saw her more often, I've been wishing I spoke to her more often and so on. I wish I'd I let her know I love her. I wish I had known she was ill. I wish I had seen her one more time. I pray her soul rest in perfect peace. She was a wonderful woman.
So I've been making plans to attend her funeral. If all goes well, I should be in Nigeria by next week. I haven't been home for a while and I do wish I was travelling under different circumstances, but what can I do? We just have to deal with the things life throws at us sometimes.
