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17/10/2011 by Rev Sarah.
We live in exciting times. Yes we do. And I don’t just mean because Christmas is coming, or the Olympics are around the corner or Strictly or X-Factor are back on our screens. Sorry I don’t know any good football references but perhaps you can think of some. I believe we live in exciting times because the Christian community is reengaging with its identity. All over the church, in almost every denomination we are having the conversations about who we are as the church.
We are uncertain, desperate to hold onto what we know yet even more desperate to truly understand our faith. Is there more than Sunday mornings? How do I live out my faith in day to day living? Am I really saved and if I am how does that change my priorities? I am reading lots at the moment - whether scripture or any number of authors around the area of missional communities. Try Mike Breen, Alan Hirsch, or Hugh Halter for a challenging journey into discipleship and living our faith. Each one has their own take and when you come at all three you see the parallels and it becomes so exciting.
With every book I read I feel a deeper call to throw away the rule book (not Scripture) and think again. We have become programmed into following certain rules, abiding in certain etiquette and generally down playing our witness. We have become so swept up in statistics and performance indicators that we miss the real message of faith. Does that sound arrogant? It isn’t meant too - honestly. God isn’t about performance indicators or even bank balances - he is all about people and relationships. Look at what Jesus did. He ate with people (usually the down and outs of society), he taught unlikely students - check out his disciples or the woman at the well (a Samaritan), he hung out at parties and went fishing. Yes, he went to church (synagogue) but he did his learning and then lived it, becoming a powerful witness to Gods love. He challenged he status quo, he annoyed the leaders, he loved the unloveable, he cured the sick, welcomed the unchurched and developed the faith of those who would listen and comprehend even just a fraction. This is the God who knocks on the door of our hearts.
How much learning have you done over the years? What have you done with the learning? I always wanted to preach to a large gathering (thousands if possible). For a while I thought if I became a great preacher and worked my way up the (imaginary) ranks I might get there. Now, as much as I love preaching, what I really want to do is live a life of faith and hopefully still preach to thousands but only because Gods family grows that much that there are thousands who want to learn in order to live a rich faithful life. Faith is more than words. Faith is love in action - in our words, in our body language, in the time we give to another in need, in opening our homes, in embracing the unloveable.
Living our faith will bring huge sacrifices and I pray that I will practice what I preach. I recognise that change is happening and I am excited but not scared, because no matter what God is constant. There are thousands of people who need to meet the God who actually loves them and we will only do that we finally learn the lessons, and get off our soap boxes and start loving and living.
The huge realisation I came to tonight is that we are doing that in a myriad of ways but not giving God the credit. Jesus always gave God the credit - we don’t. Well not deliberately because culture makes us too self effacing. It is often said the church doesn’t sell itself and we don’t. So when you read this and think I am getting at you - I am not. I am encouraging you to reflect on what you have said and done this day, this week, that has shown others Gods love. And then I want you to give God the credit he deserves. That is the hard bit yet oh so important.
I want us to celebrate those moments when we have made time for others especially when it has cost us dearly. When we have bitten back the cruel retort because that is the Christian thing to do. When we have visited or phoned our difficult neighbour whoever that be knowing it will upset our routine or inconvenience us. When we have given generously knowing that our sacrifice will bring great joy to another. I could go on but I won’t.
Jesus said “whatever you have done for the least of my bothers or sisters, you did for me.” Celebrate and give God the credit in prayer and when people ask you why you did what you did. That is how we change the culture of the church and people’s perception of God.
God works with and through all who trust in him.
Lean not on your own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.
God bless,
Love Sarah
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08/10/2011 by Rev Sarah.
Tomorrows theme (9/10/11) is Love with Holy Communion being celebrated. And at the afternoon service we are using this reflection written by Eddie Askew in his book Many Voices, One Voice. Eddie is an author I enjoy who always brings a fresh perspective. And he shares his gift and abilities with the Leprosy Mission so if you are looking for more of his work, do pay their website a visit.
Be loved and then share that love today and this week and let’s change a little bit more of the world in love.
God bless,
Love Sarah
Lord, can I just concentrate of your love, today?
So often, when I talk with you,
I concentrate on me, My feelings, My bruises.
I come to you breathless,
agitated from fighting all the ills
- real and imaginary – which people my world.
My world, Lord? Sorry, your world.
A world you built in love. For love.
And though at times it seems out of balance,
like the wheel wobble of an old car,
you built it in love. Made it for love.
I thank you Lord, for all the evidence I see.
Not in abstract debate or routine sermon,
three points, every Sunday, six feet above my head,
but love at work.
Love in the tender eye, warm hand stretched out.
The empathy and sweet sorrow of shared pain,
as one stands by another.
I see the beauty of your love.
Honey light warming the stony ground around me.
The generous breeze of love,
blowing in every corner,
lift the dull dust of routine
to make life sparkle once again.
Polishing the worn corners of my life until they glow.
And love’s particularity I see.
Making me one with you.
Not as some fragment of a computer database,
but just as me. Made in your image.
Cared for. Treasured. Unique.
And, Lord, I see the cost of love to you.
No easy option, bought with small change.
But sacrifice, free given.
The cost was life, for life.
From you to me.
I take it, Lord, your life, your love,
and hold it to myself.
I’ll live in it today.
And pass it on.
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03/10/2011 by Rev Sarah.
My mum shared this wee tale with me and I am passing it on to you. It comes from some daily readings from around 20 years ago! My mum recycles…
The author of the daily reading notes has been talking about how faith, hope and love are the building materials which we send before us into eternity:
The story is told of a man who died and went to heaven. Arriving at the Pearly Gates, he was asked his name and, after identifying his name in the Book of Life, an angel escorted him through the streets of heaven. As they walked together down the different streets, the man said to the angel: “where are we going?” The angel replied: “We are going to the dwelling place that has been prepared for you.”
As they walked, the man looked at the magnificent dwelling places that were all around, and wondered just which one had been prepared for him. Eventually they came to a small, rude and tumbledown abode at which the angel stopped and said: “Here is where you are to spend eternity.” The man was taken aback and said: “Surely - not this. Why couldn’t my home be like the beautiful mansions we have just passed by?” In solemn tones the angel said: “I’m sorry, but we did the best we could out of the materials that you send up.”
Of course it is just a story and there is no theological basis for it but it certainly caught me by surprise. What if our home in heaven was built out of what we sent up - everything that enters heaven must go through the refiners fire - and we know that faith, hope and love will survive when we read for 1 Corinthians 13 - “But surely these three remain, faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love.”
If you were building your heavenly home with faith, hope and love, what kind of home would it be? A mansion because you are generous with love, full of hope and convinced in faith or a tumbledown shack because you withhold love, drown hope and faith flickers like a candle in a draft?
The most powerful witness I have seen recently is from one so convinced he has met God that his very life sparkles with love, hope and faith. Even the dourest of Christians has not yet put him off. We forget so easily that our very attitudes of faith, hope and love are far more important than even the words we use to tell others about Jesus (or evangelise) or the fact we turn up every Sunday at God’s house.
In our imaginations let us build mansions and every day send up the bricks required by loving more, believing more, hoping more - knowing that God not only builds the mansions, he provides the bricks.
God bless,
Love Sarah
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26/09/2011 by Rev Sarah.
I have been thinking and praying a lot recently about motivations. What motivates me to preach every Sunday? Or perhaps that should be who motivates me? The Church of Scotland like any institution is full of rules and procedures, and whether we agree with them or not we have them because the human condition demands it. Society is full of rules and laws, etiquette and social norms. Boundaries that are either known for definite or are affectionately known as the unwritten rule. The Church of Scotland even has rules regarding Sunday morning worship and you must report it if your service doesn’t go ahead!
There is a real danger that our life of faith is motivated by an institution and not by God. Not that the institution is important but when we bow to the institution and not God we are in trouble. Sometimes we are so caught up maintaining the institution we lose sight of God.
One church I like in the States has as it’s tag line We love. We make disciples. This morning it dawned on me what that meant. Yesterday in church we spoke about the great commandment in the all age message and used the great commission for call to worship and asked the question by whose authority do we do things?
If you like rules, written or unwritten, here are the only ones I think we need:
Love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength;
love each other,
Love yourself
Everything else will flow from here - whether it is making disciples, setting up missional communities, healing conflict, bringing justice and peace, and so on. If these elements are not flowing from us as individuals and churches then we need to go back to the love equation and reevaluate.
No wonder Jesus called it the Greatest Commandment!
Ask yourself how do you fulfil the greatest commandment? Love for God and his people motivates me to preach again and again and more. Love keeps me rooted in a broken presbytery (it is no secret we have issued). Love is so powerful. Read 1 Corinthians 13 again.
And if that sounds too soppy for you tell God:
We love because God loved us first.
For God so loved the world he sent his one and only Son that whosoever believes on him will not perish but have everlasting life.
Love never ends!
Perhaps we need to ask as individuals and as institutions the question put so beautifully by the black eyed peas - where is the love?
For we forget at our peril the church is meant to be the bride of Christ and is not the ultimate image of love?
God loves you, me and his Church.
Let’s love Him back and change the world…
God bless
Love Sarah
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07/09/2011 by Rev Sarah.
Below is a parable which likens the Christian life to a ride on a tandem bicycle. Is God on your bike, and if He is, does He have the front or back seat? I really identify with this parable and feel that God is sitting in the front of my bike - a scary yet wonderful predicament.
As a child, I loved bikes. From the beginning I enjoyed the races. But how does a little girl win the right to join the biggest race of all? At first I saw God as a judge who would determine whether I was good enough to enter the race and if my efforts merited a prize. I was quite sure I would recognise God if I saw Him, but I didn’t know Him that well. Later, I recognised He was the coach who had taught others how to ride. He explained that life was like a bike ride. He made me see that life was a tandem bike, and I noticed that God was in the back seat helping me pedal. Man, this was great! I could control the bike, but He gave me the power to really move! One day I took the corner too fast and powerslided on the gravel, crashing painfully. That was when He suggested that we change places. The race has never been the same since. With God providing the power and the steering, the race of life is very exciting! When I had the controls, I knew the course I would take. The race was sort of boring and predictable. I always took what seemed to be the shortest distance to the finish line. But, when God took the handle bars, He knew the long cuts, up over the mountains and down into deep valleys. I would have never ventured in these paths, let alone at break neck speeds! Sometimes it was all I could do to hang on. Even though God provided all the power needed, He still said that I should pedal. I became worried and anxious and asked, “where are you taking me?” He laughed and didn’t answer. I had no choice to but to trust because you can’t get off a moving bike. Very soon, I forgot my boring life apart from the tandem bike. Even when I was scared there was a thrill about this ride and I was calmed when He reached back to touch my hand. God took us racing through our homeland where people I had never met gave us gifts for the way. What great joy to have them share a cool drink when we paused to rest. Then we were off again. He said, “give the gifts away because they weigh too much and will slow us down.” So I did, and as we travelled through foreign lands we taught and fed hungry children. For some reason, each time we gave away a heavy parcel, we received back more than we gave, but the burden on our bike still grew lighter and lighter. I did not trust Him at first because I was sure that if He controlled the bike, He would wreck it. But, you know, I found that He not only provided power and direction to the journey, He also provided special ability to race, because He built the bike. He knew exactly how much to lean into a curve and how to jump over high rocks. At times, He made the bike just fly. And I am learning to just trust and pedal through the strangest places. I am beginning to enjoy the view, the cool breeze on my face, and my delightful constant companion. It’s like I love my companion more than I do the bike or the race. And on those days when I think that I cannot keep riding any more, He just smiles and says…”Just trust me and pedal!” (Anonymous author with Sarah Ross edits)
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31/08/2011 by Rev Sarah.
Below is a poem written by one of our young people in the church. I have her permission to put it up here and I hope you enjoy reading it. What is your conversation with God at the moment? I am having a lot of conversations with Him at the moment because we are on the brink of something truly amazing but it is going to be hard work. Some people will come along for the ride and be changed for ever (the disciples); some will try and upset the grand plan (Judas Iscariot) and fail; some will become distracted or disillusioned and will leave (those who thrive on 7 day wonders and then find something new) and some will be changed along the way (like Saul who persecuted the church then became one of its most powerful influences). However I read Isaiah 46 last night and I was struck by the following verses:
4 Even when you are old, I will be the same.
Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you.
I made you and will take care of you.
I will carry you and save you.
5 ”Can you compare me to anyone? No one is equal to me or like me.
No matter what happens God is always there and there is no-one who can replace Him. Let’s embrace God’s will today and become like the disciples - following where God leads. Have your conversation with God today. What is He trying to tell you? That he loves you, wants you and you have a purpose in this world? You are God’s child and He loves to talk. God bless. Love Sarah
Conversations With God
I stopped and stood and listened
To the voices in my head
Saying do this, do that, do everything
But I ignored them all instead.
There was this single voice
That stood out from the crowd.
It gave me what I needed
To rescue me from myself
“The path you’re on is dangerous,”
The voice called out to me
“Follow the path I call you to,
Follow the path of light.”
I looked within myself
And asked what shall I do?
Do stay with the path I’m on,
Or do I change the road I take?
The voice called out again,
“I only ask you listen To what I call of you
The path your called will change your life
Will lead you to your light.”
I looked once more to the lightened path
And saw what I was told
The path before me looked dark
And dangerous to behold
I stood and thought for a minute
And thought about my life,
And chose the path I had been shown,
The path engulfed in light
By Laura-Jane Sinclair.
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23/06/2011 by Rev Sarah.
I went a-walking today. Yes with a brolly!
It was fascinating actually. I went with the primary purpose of visiting a family at the other end of the village regarding baptism. I have downloaded some material on discipling and huddles so I was plugged in on the way over. It was quiet anyway and no one was really around, and it rained. Plus true to form I was running tight for time. So on the way over I heard wonderful statements that told me I wasn’t the only wondering what the church of the future will look like. I visited the family and for various reasons the visit was done in twenty minutes. On the way back the sun shone - yes it does shine in Forth. I spoke to a lady cleaning weeds out of her driveway, I dropped a letter through a friend’s door, had a twenty minute conversation with a wonderful gentleman from the Gospel Hall tradition where I told him I believed God is working hard in Forth, and we talked about being saved. We also talked about our families and prayer. From there I walked on home listening again to stories of imitation and oxen. Then I saw a couple arrive home who I have been supporting as they help another ‘interesting’ character in the church. I spoke with her for 20 minutes, reassuring and making her laugh. Then a beautiful church attender P7 turned up and needed reassurance that High School would be okay. Some cuddles later and she was off with a smile. I left at 1:40pm and got back at 3:40pm. And the actual reason for leaving the house took twenty minutes. How much I would have missed had I driven over. If I hadn’t stopped to speak to these people - who would have encouraged each of them? I challenged one, supported another and made her laugh (she thanked me for that!) and reassured a little girl. (Forgive the vagueness but I don’t want to embarrass anyone!)
Now before you think I am getting all big headed - honestly I am not trying to blow my own trumpet. But I do want to encourage you to think about the people you met today. Or did you rush around and miss out on something wonderful? Normally I am always rushing and Sunday morning still lies unwritten (again!). However I have to wonder if today the Lord went walking with me? I believe so. Jesus liked walking - rarely he takes public transport though donkeys do feature a couple of times in his story. As much as rural living requires the car - can I suggest that walking has more benefits that saving the environment and your health?
To the wonderful people I met today thank you because I came away challenged, supported, laughing and reassured. For whatever we give we receive back tenfold. I sit here with a smile on my face and hope in my heart.
“But the people who trust the Lord will become strong again. They will rise up as an eagle in the sky; they will run and not need rest; they will walk and not become tired.” Isaiah 40:31 NCV
Enjoy a walk and reap the benefits. I am going back soon to visit the family - I wonder what might happen during that walk.
God bless you,
Sarah
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25/05/2011 by Rev Sarah.
A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. “The young executives were Shocked, but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you.I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the oneI choose will be the next CEO.”One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, stillnothing.By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn’t have a plant and he felt like a failure.Six months went by — still nothing in Jim’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however, he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.Jim told his wife that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed atthe variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful — in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown,” said the CEO. “Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!”All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, “The CEO knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!”When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story.The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, “Behold your next Chief Executive Officer!His name is Jim!” Jim couldn’t believe it. Jim couldn’t even grow his seed.”How could he be the new CEO?” the others said.Then the CEO said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow.All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the newChief Executive Officer!”* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective* If you plant hard work, you will reap success* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliationBe more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are,while your reputation is merely what others think you are.Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, But faith looks up!
Live simply, love generously , care deeply, speak kindly and trust in our Creator who loves us.
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19/05/2011 by Rev Sarah.
Hello! I have been away for a couple of days at a conference - a conference for church leaders and it truly was a light shining in the darkness moment for me. There is a verse in John chapter 1 that says “the Light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overpowered it”. It is an amazing verse and those who have been hanging around me at church will know that John chapter 1 has been following me around. And today I signed up to a reading programme that comes with my Bible on the iPad and the first reading was John 1.“The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.”
I remember reading or hearing that a candle lit in the dark can be seen from 3 miles away. Something as small as a candle flame can defeat the claustrophobic feeling of pure darkness. So it is with Jesus Christ - his Light can defeat the claustrophobic feelings of negativity, cynicism and apathy. Later in John 1 we read that even Jesus wasn’t accepted by his own and yet his Light continued and continues to shine.When we are tempted to give up, when the darkness surrounds and there seems no way out, let’s look for the Light of Christ. It may come from a surprising source but I guarantee that the Light of Christ still shines for you and for me. “The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.”
For a moment I encourage you to pray about your darkness - what is making your life hard or claustrophobic? It could be ill health, grief, stress, work or family worries, personal issues, church issues, or the need for a sense of direction. The darkness is anything that attempts to destroy our relationship with God.Ask God to help you to see his Light - the Light of Jesus Christ who gave his all and defeated death the ultimate darkness.If the light seems far away then pray for help to walk towards it, knowing that God goes with you.If you are in the good place of light, pray for your family, friends and all God’s children around the world who are needing the Christ Light.
Lord Jesus, we praise you that you are the Light of the world, and that you are the Light who guides our path through this dark dark world. With you there is nothing to fear, yet the darkness seems all powerful, and it crushes our spirit. Turn our focus back to you, give us courage to reach out for the light and restore us our faith in the goodness and love of God. Let us live as children of light. We pray for all your children, lost and found, that they will all spot the light of Jesus and be welcomed into your holy Kingdom. Thank you. Amen.
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03/05/2011 by Rev Sarah.
I don’t know about you but I hate it when my shower is broken. I have become so used to having a shower every day (as a child it was ‘on special nights’) that when I can’t have one I feel cheated. This morning was one of those mornings. We have finally got a new fuse box that will trip if you sneeze on a light switch (okay - not quite that sensitive…) but it is sensitive. We tested the system last night on our return from holiday and the shower tripped the whole system. So no showers this morning…but I managed to fit one in after lunch (now all is repaired). No mean feat as both my phones went off at 8.10am this morning (it is nice to be missed!) and it has been one of those days where I have achieved much yet very little of what I planned. The shower was hot and strong and after a week in the caravan it was what the doctor ordered. However what I loved most was that clean feeling - the kind that comes after a hard work out or a delayed shower.
Perhaps you watched the snooker last night - we dropped by in between programmes and watched the final frames. As I am Higgins fan, though I am not sure why, I was pleased with the results, especially after the last 12 months for him I was very pleased. Nevertheless the snooker finished ahead of schedule and so Coast was the filler. And the woman on it spoke about swimming along the coast line and admiring the cliffs from a different perspective. She said that no matter her mood, a swim in the sea restored her and made her feel in control again. I looked at the colour of the water and wondered about the safety of it all. Yet I know what she means - there is something about being clean and refreshed that clears the mind, restores the soul and brings about peace.
Are there things in your life that you need to clean away or even clean up? Much imagery around sin uses language such as dark spots, dirty marks or washing our clothes to be white as snow…we might not like the idea but much like the daily shower when arguably we are not that dirty - there is something lovely about starting the day clean. Confession - cleaning away those moments we regret, apologising to God, each other, ourselves is just as important as saying thank you or asking for things. And yes, rather like the daily shower/wash, we need to take time daily to clean up - for it is easier to clean away a day’s worth of dirt than a week’s worth or even more.
And perhaps there are areas in our lives where we need to clean up our acts and restore our ‘inner balance’. I am not sure how often the lady in Coast sea swims but when she does she has to tell the Coastguard and others of her planned route etc, partly so no one tries to rescue her! The sea swims take preparation and thought. We need to take time to reflect on our life styles. Do we need to do more than the daily shower/wash? Have we become very cynical or over critical? Are we more reliant on coffee or alcohol or other ‘unhelpful’ stress busting schemes? Have our priorities become lost under the pressures of this world?
The daily shower is important but sometimes we need a soak in the bath or a swim in the sea.And can we share that with someone else? Are we willing to let people know what our planned route is so they can support us rather than attempt to ‘rescue’ us? I have had a week off and through prayer and reflection and reading I am working through a time of discipline or self-control for the rest of May. It started today…but part of my ’sea swim’ is taking the time to reflect on how I love myself properly. For me that means giving up alcohol and making an effort to eat better - not because I think alcohol (in moderation) is bad but because the reasons I was drinking it for were not helpful. And part of this is about self-discipline and self-control. And if that sounds awfully selfish - it isn’t! I have included a couple of verses below.22 But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness, self-control. There is no law that says these things are wrong.24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their own sinful selves. They have given up their old selfish feelings and the evil things they wanted to do. Galatians 5:22-24 (NCV)
and:19 You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. So you do not belong to yourselves,20 because you were bought by God for a price. So honour God with your bodies. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NCV) To be fair Paul is talking more about sexual sins but we are called to look after ourselves.
Another one in Proverbs says that pride comes before a fall - have the courage to be honest with God, after all he knows it all already, and he still loves you. Be clean and be refreshed and no matter what the day brings, you are right with God.
Washed by God,Sarah
P.S. Question I was asked today ‘What is the colour of love?’ I look forward to your answers.
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