Reflection of the Week - 16th April 2024
Don’t you wonder sometimes how our covenant Lord who is God – Creator, Master, and Teacher, can and does create from nothing and does not need anything or anyone but is helplessly in love with you?
Reflection of the week
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I am in conversation with a friend. I remark on how easy it is to have a rapport with some personalities, while others keep me at arm’s length. I confess that my reaction, usually, is to turn away and cultivate a connection with someone more easily approachable.
First of all then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone. – 1Timothy 2:1
I respond to this by asking why I should do that. If I do intercede for them, what’s in it for me? There are some people that I don’t even love or like very much…
But I resolve to practice a more inclusive prayer life, and find the answer – the answer that lies in my changed attitude towards those outside my immediate circle.
I will develop a new respect for them and myself.
I live in a new appreciation of an all-inclusive Gospel.
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The weekly reflections offered through UC e-News over past years, and now through New Times online, have almost solely been written by Linda Sutton. Thanks for your dedication, Linda!
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