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Reflection of the Week - 8th February 2022
By Rev Anne Hewitt
Posted in Faith
We can fully understand Simon’s point of view (Luke 5:1-11) – he has been out all night and is completely exhausted, and Jesus asks him to put out into the deep water and give it a go!
Going out into the ‘deep water’ again in our bobbing boats is a simile for our churches this year. At this point of returning for a ‘new day’ in 2022, it is easy to groan. Like Simon, we have all worked through lengthy dark times. There is great fatigue and people’s creativity and resources are running low as we now enter into an endemic season.
We are weary of being alert but not alarmed, of being positive and careful, of changing our ‘usual’ practices and our welcoming hospitality while following compliance. We have found new ways of creatively gathering (e.g. online) and have been agile in our approach to weekly worship and festivals like Easter and Christmas. And Jesus says ‘Put out into the deep waters,’ again.
Yet, if we reach into the depths of the Living Waters, we will be certain to find hope in abundance. Christian Church life may look and feel different, but the love of God is ever present, the Friendship of the Spirit flows through and around us, and Jesus completely gets traveling the stormy waves in an open boat.
© Rev Anne Hewitt 02/02/2022
Source: Churches Together SA. Past Reflections and prayers can be found at churchestogethersa.org.au
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