Reflection
Lent - a time to reflect
Dear Friends,
I heard an expression the other day — “It all goes back in the box at the end”. So much of what we strive for has no value at the end of our lives and the things that we own go to someone else. The words we have said and our actions will be forgotten in a generation but love endures all things as it says in 1 Corinthians 13. Love can only happen in relationship with others. It’s your love that will live on and it’s your relationship with God and others that is the true test of who you are.
Lent has begun and that is a time for reflection — it’s a time to consider our lives and what we value; are our priorities right and are we living as God has called us to live? Are we doing what God has asked us to do or are we telling him we’re too busy? It’s so easy to be distracted with the business of everyday life but it doesn’t do our health any good not to stop and reflect.
Perhaps in our reflections we should consider where love plays its part in our lives — does it permeate our work, rest and play or has it been ousted by materialism and selfishness.
God Bless,
Rev. Vicky Fleming
Team Vicar