Dear Friends, I recently went on holiday and during that time away, every day I passed a particular wall and was confronted with the following saying by John Lennon: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” And aren’t we all just so busy making other plans? Busy planning what we are having for lunch, busy arguing with the children, busy planning tomorrow’s party. Whatever it is that we are so busy planning, “life” is what is happening to us at that moment, in fact at this very moment. So, what are you doing with your life? In the Bible, in John 10:10, Jesus said: “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly”. Abundantly means a superabundance, excessive, overflowing, surplus, over and above, more than enough, profuse, extraordinary, above the ordinary more than sufficient; so how is that for a promise? God wants this abundance for each and every one of us. God’s covenant, in other words his contract or promise to us is a covenant for abundant life and as we give ourselves to God, God gives His total self, His love, to us. And how often can we say that we have been given so much that is absolutely free, with no strings attached? Hopefully, even though you are very busy, I do hope that you will have time to read the following letter and perhaps, just perhaps, be able to fit in a few moments with the One who is always there, just waiting for us with His open loving arms, just waiting to love us and welcome us home. A letter from God When you awoke, I was there, waiting upon you. I wanted to share in your love. At breakfast you listened to the radio and rushed your breakfast. You had no time to speak to me. I waited but you did not turn to me. Though you travelled by rail you spent your time on your laptop and reading the news. You did not once give me a thought, and I waited for you to turn to me. During your work there were a lot of small gaps. There was more time at lunch, but you did other things and had no time for me. Yet, I waited for you to turn to me. At the end of the day you watched television and played a game. For a while you dozed before you had your last drink of the day and I waited for you to turn to me. Now, I thought, you will have time – just before you go to sleep. Instead, you read until you were tired. You worried about tomorrow and at last fell asleep. I will surround you with my love this night. I will wait for you tomorrow and if you do not remember I will be there the day after. I will wait until you turn to me. All my love, God.
Yours in Christ
Cathy
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