Daily Scripture‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.’ (Luke 21.33)Daily Reflection What an extraordinary claim to make! The spoken word leaves our lips and is gone. Shakespeare makes Falstaff persuade himself this is all it is: “What is honour? - a word. What is in that word honour? … air!”. Jesus spoke but left nothing in writing; we know only what was remembered, written down later in a different language, now translated into ours. The actual words were lost and his age has long passed. Yet what he said is still alive.Words, ours too, can live on, for good or for bad. What lasts is not the sound or the letters but what is communicated. Jesus spoke challenging but comforting words, about fresh starts, healing, acceptance, treating others as we hope to be treated – words of life.David Harmsworth
Daily Scripture:“Alleluia. O praise God in his holiness; praise him in the firmament of his power. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Alleluia." (Psalm 150:1&6)Daily Reflection: The Psalmist wants to praise God simply for who he is; for his holiness; for his power; for the things he does; for his greatness. Not only does the Psalmist want to praise God, he wants the whole of creation – everything with breath – to praise the Lord. In all the busyness of our lives today, will we remember to take even just a little bit of time out of our day to praise God? Despite being so busy living life, it is when we acknowledge and praise God that we really find true life. God of life and love, whose Son was victorious over sin and death, make us alive with his life, that the whole world may resound with your praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.Revd David
Daily Scripture“In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed.” (Psalm 139 v16)Daily ReflectionHow well do you know yourself? Pretty well, you might say. But “pretty well” doesn’t come near to the way in which God knows you! Psalm 139 tells us that God knew you before you were conceived – what colour your eyes would be, how many hairs you would have on your head…. Imagine a God who, because he loved you so much, is interested in those tiny details about you. Not only that, but imagine a God who, because he loves you so much, has taken great care to know every detail of your life, down to the day that you will meet Him in person. God gives you free choice to live your life as you wish - to live unaware of His love for you, or to live in the centre of His love – the one who carries all your days in his heart.Vicki Young
Daily ScriptureOur soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken and we are delivered.Our help is in the name of the Lord, who has made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:7)Daily Reflection It is all too easy to feel overwhelmed by problems in life; to feel trapped by them, with no apparent way out. With God there is always a way out; God created everything; there is nothing beyond his ability to solve. We may see something as hopeless; but God can work things that we deem impossible. The Psalmist speaks of a bird trapped in a snare – death is certain; but the snare is broken and the bird freed. Impossible for the bird to do, but there is escape for the bird. For us, God can provide a way out of the things that trap us; all we have to do is believe in him; trust him; and look to him…..”Our help is in the name of the Lord.”Revd David
