Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! Happy Advent!
Sunday (November 30) marked a new season and a new year on our Christian calendars. A special time, set apart, for us to look forward and anticipate the birth of Jesus.
One of my morning devotions opened with these words from the prophet Jeremiah, “The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah?”
The question “what do you see” is vitally important for people of faith.
In this time of preparing for the coming of the Christ child we prayerfully invite God to show us what’s really important to see, to feel, to share gratefully with love.
A second morning devotion reflected on these words from 1 Thessalonians, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.”
Seeing and praying and to that I’d add a life of prayerful action for and with others ….
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’” {Matthew 25}
Former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, once stated that he prays about 100 times a day. I imagine many of those prayers are with eyes wide open. I hear in his statement a practice of faith that weaves God and God’s loving presence into every moment. God at the centre of living is a beautiful truth as we prepare to welcome Emmanuel, God with us!
Our faith invites us to participate whole-hearted in a way of living that ushers in hope, practices peace, celebrates joy and is committed to deep and real love. It is seeing and participating.
Every Sunday, as we light the candles around the Advent wreath, we are singing a variation on a favourite and very familiar song, “This Little Light of Mine”.
Our first and hopeful start:
This little HOPE in mind, we’re gonna let it shine.
This little HOPE in mind, we’re gonna let it shine.
This little HOPE in sight, we’re gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine.
This week, (and thanks to Karl’s creative genius:)
This little PEACE of mind, it’s gonna help us shine.
This little PEACE sublime, it’s gonna help us shine.
This little peace of mind, it’s gonna help us shine.
PEACE of mind, so sublime, help us shine.
May our lives reflect the radiance of God’s new and glorious dawn.
Be well and be kind, Christine
Happy New Year! Happy Advent!
Sunday (November 30) marked a new season and a new year on our Christian calendars. A special time, set apart, for us to look forward and anticipate the birth of Jesus.
One of my morning devotions opened with these words from the prophet Jeremiah, “The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah?”
The question “what do you see” is vitally important for people of faith.
In this time of preparing for the coming of the Christ child we prayerfully invite God to show us what’s really important to see, to feel, to share gratefully with love.
A second morning devotion reflected on these words from 1 Thessalonians, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.”
Seeing and praying and to that I’d add a life of prayerful action for and with others ….
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’” {Matthew 25}
Former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, once stated that he prays about 100 times a day. I imagine many of those prayers are with eyes wide open. I hear in his statement a practice of faith that weaves God and God’s loving presence into every moment. God at the centre of living is a beautiful truth as we prepare to welcome Emmanuel, God with us!
Our faith invites us to participate whole-hearted in a way of living that ushers in hope, practices peace, celebrates joy and is committed to deep and real love. It is seeing and participating.
Every Sunday, as we light the candles around the Advent wreath, we are singing a variation on a favourite and very familiar song, “This Little Light of Mine”.
Our first and hopeful start:
This little HOPE in mind, we’re gonna let it shine.
This little HOPE in mind, we’re gonna let it shine.
This little HOPE in sight, we’re gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine.
This week, (and thanks to Karl’s creative genius:)
This little PEACE of mind, it’s gonna help us shine.
This little PEACE sublime, it’s gonna help us shine.
This little peace of mind, it’s gonna help us shine.
PEACE of mind, so sublime, help us shine.
May our lives reflect the radiance of God’s new and glorious dawn.
Be well and be kind, Christine
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