…the faithful should not flinch when named as tree-huggers and Net-Zeroniks. This is our calling. We care for the creation because we know it reflects the Creator. And if we care enough for trees and bugs and flowers and streams we may even learn to care for each other….
All powers, all possessions are His. Why should He want anything that we can give?
…I for one am letting
All my walls fall down
In this place of safety
This child has finally found
What do falls matter if the Lord is holding us up?
I really do hope that, however God made the world, God did not just speak words but sang as well!
We do not know what the future holds so it is important to learn who holds the future and hold on to them (cf James 4v13-17).
Is there one for whom we are praying, who seems to be unhelped by our prayer? Are we suffering the bitterness of disappointment? Our dear Lord has been this way before us.
The power of Hannah, Mary, Vicky, and even me should not be only about foot-stamping and fist-clenching. This power is a power that is manifested through the renunciation of power. Strength, as we learnt yesterday, being made perfect through weakness.
‘there is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of one little glow-worm’.
….mostly, when I sit tending the scratches on my ego after yet another encounter in the briar patch of my life, I realise that I am the only one who can do anything about this.
Suffolk Vicar 