Oldbury Benefice
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We can't, and we should not, compare sufferings. We come together as a family of God, hand in hand. And then, together, coming and standing upon the promises of God, knowing that no matter who you are, no matter what you're going through, that God knows it. He is with you, He is going to pull you through. He will never take you to a space or to an experience that He knows you would not cope with. Though sometimes we all wish that He wouldn't trust us quite so much, we know that He is with us! All of our lives are different and individual and so sometimes we feel alone in our own wilderness. In truth our lives are all part of Gods plan, for us and for humanity as a whole, a unique piece in a very large puzzle. A different shape to our neighbour, a different purpose, but without it the puzzle is incomplete. If we look beyond the hurt and the pain we find in our daily lives and in the world around us we will come across something that we sometimes lose sight of. The thing we have above all is the love of God, the one constant in our lives. Something we lose sight of even more often is the love we have for God, our trust and belief in our pathway; the role that has been singled out for us.
We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner |
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