Given on Sunday 21st of July the 5th Sunday after Trinity at All Saints, North Baddesley by Revd Vanessa Lawrence. Key texts: John 15.5; Colossians 1.15-17

Our gaze can be on God no matter how busy we are and it’s when we lose that contemplation of Christ in the midst of life that things start to slide. We become worried, troubled, torn in many directions, and resentful: ultimately of all that we are doing. Life becomes far from the abundance that Jesus promised, and generally speaking it becomes unfruitful, we achieve less, despite our busyness. READ AND WATCH MORE?