Hi Folks, how you doing, this weeks reflection comes from Pauline. Because of added restrictions, we will be meeting on Zoom at 7.00pm, if you would like to be part of that discussion and rant in our other group, then please let me know and I will send you the link on Sunday.
Pauline writes I would like to try and share some thoughts if I can, prompted by this mornings Lectio 365 App based on Isaiah 58: 6-9a
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
Tom Wright asks three questions in his book ‘God and the Pandemic.’
They are:
Q Who is at risk?
Q What can we do to help?
Q Who can we send?
There may be just more questions, I may not be making sense but here
goes! It feels like we are waiting…. Filling time in till things change, putting ‘on hold’ things we had planned… But… Now is the time… What can we do now? Can we do anything?
We will begin on Sunday night by each sharing one good news story from the summer.
In relation to Pauline’s thoughts and the bible passage…
What are you currently waiting for in this time of uncertainty?
What have you had to put on hold and how do you feel about that?
Thinking about Isaiah 58, how could we do each of these things:
* Loose the chains of injustice, untie the cords of the yolk, set the oppressed
free & break every yolk?
- Share your food with the hungry?
- Provide the poor wanderer with shelter?
- When you see the naked clothe them?
- Do not turn away?
Peace.
Rob Wylie is the founder of BeachcomberFX and guides its leadership team. He has worked in the North East for over 20 years and has vast experience from various roles he has held. He has a passion for Fresh Expressions of Church and Pioneer Ministry as well as beer, beaches and Miniature Schnauzers.