Thoughts about mistakes

Who is Nat?

My name is Natalie Husk, although most people call me Nat (except my parents!). I was born and raised in Cornwall and am proud of it! I have always been involved in the church, whether going to my local village chapel in Common Moor, joining with bus loads from Cornwall at MAYC events, helping at the District Children’s Holiday or even attending Synod a few times! I am very thankful to the Cornwall District, the Liskeard & Looe Circuit and of course Common Moor chapel for being such valuable parts in my journey of faith.

Today I live in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, where I work as a youth worker for the Methodist Church. I run after school clubs, youth clubs, a youth fellowship, do outreach work and organise trips away. Not long ago I was asked by a youth group, to give them a weekly topic for reflection, an email containing something to focus them on God for the week. So every week I sit at my computer and write down my thoughts! It started quite small, with just the young people receiving them, and now lots of people of all ages find my thoughts in their email inbox!

It is a huge privilege for me to find that people enjoy and are challenged by what I have written, especially that I can now share what God has done for me with those who walked with me at the beginning of my journey. Ultimately these reflections are aimed at the young people I now work with, but if God can speak to others through them, how great is that!!

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October 2006
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July 2006
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June 2006
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Mistakes

Good day to you all!

I know that a little while back I had a go about famous people, but I just have to tell you about my latest celeb spotting incident. Recently I went to spend time with friends in London, during which we went to Brighton for the day. We did the whole pier thing, deck chairs and all! We looked in the trendy shops and spent time people watching. Anyway after a walk on the front we decided to make our way back to the car and return home. As we walked down a side road a massive truck pulled up and parked. This truck was huge (the cab of a massive lorry) and took up the whole pull-in where it was parked. The other people in the street gathered round expectantly as the driver got out. Had I been looking at the truck I would have noticed that it had Chris Eubank’s name written all over it, and low and behold it was the man himself who appeared. People were rushing to him getting pictures and autographs. I stood there in shock…

…not because he was a celeb or even because he had this awesome truck. I was in shock because he was parked in 3 disabled spaces! It had taken us the best part of an hour to find a parking space in Brighton. What about those people who needed disabled access? Did they not matter because someone famous (vaguely!) had a ridiculously ostentatious “look at me” vehicle and wanted to eat in a nearby restaurant?!

Sometimes as Christians we can think that the rules don’t apply to us. We have that ‘celeb’ card or ‘Jesus’ card to get out of jail free. Gossiping for ‘prayer purposes’, maybe lying, cheating, stealing for the good of others or another small insignificant way of bending the rules. When my house got broken into a friend, a Christian friend, was surprised that I had claimed on my insurance for only £350 worth of damages and stolen items. It would have been really easy for me to have claimed for more and no-one would have known. To be honest the thought hadn’t crossed my mind – if it had I’m not sure I would have been that good at resisting temptation!

Yes Jesus’ death means our forgiveness, but how sorry are we when we think we can get away with it? Do we only take the blame when we get caught? Or are we truly striving to be better people, to learn from our mistakes, or to be more like Jesus?

I don’t know if Chris Eubank got a parking ticket, but I would like to think that if he did, he wouldn’t use his celebrity status to get out of paying for it. Just as I would like to think that we, as Christians, don’t use the forgiveness of God to get out of paying for our mistakes.

All my love and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts! Nat xxx