Grand Design

A new series of Grand Designs started this week, the program followed an architect who had grown up with a dream of one day owning a castle.

The couple eventually purchased a 400 year old ruin, literally there wasn't a wall complete in fact the main central spine wall fell down during filming.

The couple faced difficult planning procedures, and even more restrictions from English Heritage.

Eventually the architect took on a motley yet highly skilled bunch of masons to reconstruct the castle walls and consolidate the integrity of the structure. Putting life back into a decaying wreck of a home.

After two years and some £750000 the dream became a reallity, almost completed the architect and his family moved into the transformed ruin. Into a beautiful lovingly restored home.



Scripture speaks of 'God building His church'

I guess you could say Eden was the first church a place where His creation could worship Him in spirit and truth in a God created environment.

Gods dream for His creation?

Yet today what has His creation come to?

His garden is being ruined on a daily basis and His children have gone their own way.

Gods cry is for us to, with the help of His Holy Spirit to rebuild His kingdom on earth, leading the remnant of beauty that is left, bringing souls back to a loving relationship with Him through His son Jesus.He has provided all that we need. We just need to be obedient.

Let us be willing to do all that we can to play our part in this eternal restoration plan, this supernatural dream of an amazing gracious Father God. Restoring The church for JESUS 's return.


When we walk with the Lord

In the light of His Word,

What a glory He sheds on our way;

While we do His good will,

He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey,

For there's no other way

To be happy in Jesus,

But to trust and obey.

Not a shadow can rise,

Not a cloud in the skies,

But His smile quickly drives it away;

Not a doubt or a fear,

Not a sigh or a tear,

Can abide while we trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear,

Not a sorrow we share,

But our toil He doth richly repay;

Not a grief or a loss,

Not a frown or a cross,

But is blest if we trust and obey.

But we never can prove

The delights of His love,

Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows,

And the joy He bestows,

Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet

We will sit at His feet,

Or we'll walk by His side in the way;

What He says we will do;

Where He sends. we will go,

Never fear, only trust and obey.