Daily Scripture“Hide me in the shadow of your wings” Psalm 17.8Daily Reflection‘Wings‘ naturally make us think of flying, soaring up into the sky. The prophet Malachi says how God, the Sun of righteousness, ‘will arise with healing in his wings‘, and Isaiah asserts that ‘those who wait upon the Lord...shall mount up with wings as eagles‘. Wonderful images. But throughout the Bible, especially the Psalms, wings more often signify comfort and protection. Jesus himself said sadly that he longed to gather the children of Jerusalem to him as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings. ‘To take someone under your wing’ is to offer comfort and protection, guidance and support. As God’s children we rejoice to be ‘under his wing’, certain, as the psalmist was in the midst of all his troubles, of our Father’s love and protection in our own times of uncertainty.Revd Rosemary
To join us on Sunday 21st June at 10am, please copy and paste these links into your search engine. Afterwards we meet via Zoom for our virtual coffee morning. We do hope you can join us.Service video (available from 8am Sunday): https://youtu.be/JDL8p-xg_tEService booklet: https://1drv.ms/b/s!Agkc8nXuU17kgvMlWhsXxd5myRBqqA?e=ejiZc8Readings: https://1drv.ms/b/s!Agkc8nXuU17kgvQp6vDemG-Jok6Jag?e=e4c1ZLZoom Virtual Coffee Morning, 10:45am:https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75362500502?pwd=NENUdktYU0YwS0V3dk1Ea0JORjRMdz09(Meeting ID: 753 6250 0502 Password: 2RpSWX)
Daily Scripture:“For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?” (Mark 8:36)Daily Reflection:With the opening up of the non-essential shops, I wonder how many of us have, during this lockdown, made the discovery that buying and owning “stuff” does not bring us the happiness we thought it did. Spending our time chasing after the newest gadget or the most up to date fashion in a vain attempt to make us feel good about ourselves. Unease and insecurity returning when a newer version comes along!God gave us LIFE to spend and not to keep - not for ourselves, but for the benefit of others. If we spend our time caring for the needs of those less fortunate than us, using our talents to make someone else’s life more bearable, then our own lives, our souls, find their true worth.Lyn Hayes, ALM
