Terabithia or Bust!
God is a God of love and welcome and we need to set aside the lies about condemnation which our early faith may have taught us
God is a God of love and welcome and we need to set aside the lies about condemnation which our early faith may have taught us
Tradition gives us a place from which to grow but it may also trap us in the past
When God calls us to follow The Impossible Dream the one thing that stands in our way is often ourselves and our failure to believe that we can be loved perfectly.
‘You make me so mad!’ Anger comes to us in many forms but, regardless of the deeds of others we choose how to respond. Anger is not always the best option.
When we lead and help others we msut be careful to still put ourselves last and avoid ending up being the ‘wicked’ friend.
National pride – like all pride – can be a good thing but when it turns to a despising of others it becoems hubris and everyone suffers.
In our desire to serve God it is easy to let our light burst in to flame or to hide it. To be part of God’s Chorus Line we must seek to be harmony with each other.
If I am forever looking down at my own fallings and failings I will find it difficult to move forward. If I help others ‘look up’ perhaps I may find help myself.
Sometimes we see that any reward is as God’s recompense for a bad past. From the beginning God knows that there is ‘something good’ in each of us.
Sometimes we are tmepted to believe that we need to ‘find’ God when in fact from the begining the mission of God is to find us and call us home by name.