Update ii - September 2024
Dear friends. Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (Col 3:1) I came across this verse (again) recently and it has refused to let me go. It creeps back into my memory at some point most days and so I have been wrestling with it, how it perhaps affects my life and if it might offer any direction to you as individuals or us as Church. We can appear to be very busy and often this can mean being very busy doing stuff, stuff for the church, stuff for God. In those days do we ever stop, take a breath and think why we’re busy. I love the music group at St Marys. They meet in the week to prepare, they arrive in good time on Sunday to set up and then, in all of the busy-ness they stop, take a breath and pray. They are setting their sights on things above rather than their ‘performance’ of the worship music. I could spend from 8am to 5pm every work day being busy, usually answering ema