I'm back

Well folks, I'm back to the world of blogging, thank you for your patience. I had a great time in Chicago and the conference was amazing. It near killed me but it was good and God really spoke into my life which is what I needed. I had an amazing experience on the way home on the plane I want to tell you about so here goes.
2.50am and I was sitting in a row of seats on my own looking out the window into blackness. I was reflecting on the week and everything that had happened that week and I was silently weeping. It had been Jill's birthday on the Sunday and I had taken off my wedding ring and I was telling God how the blackness of the night matched my soul at the moment. That black part that hurts so much that I never knew existed and as I wept I fell asleep. At 5.10am I was awoke by the sun booming through my window, it was a beautiful red sunrise that filled the sky. The clouds where pure white balls of snow and the beauty and purity of that moment I will never forget nor will I forget the next moment because inside my head I heard a voice say twice over, "Philip, Behold I do a new thing". I knew that voice, it was my King and I knew that verse had to be in Isaiah from chapter 40 on. I grabbed my Bible of the seat beside me and franticly began to read. Now listen to this defining moment in my life.
Isaiah 43:1 "...do not be afraid for I have ransomed you, I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord your God". Heres the bit, verse 18 "But forget all that-it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do a brand new thing. See, I have already begun, do you not see it".
Tears where flowing down my cheeks but they where tears of joy and I remembered that God said "weeping would endure for a night but Joy comes in the morning". At this moment I cannot express to you the total significance of that moment but soon I will.