Dear Friends,
Now we are in Lent.
I did indeed have pancakes (with lemon and sugar). Quite a few of them in fact at the wonderful family activity morning held jointly with Oasis church as we “Spread the Love”. Fun, laughter, creativity, pancake races. Good vibes.
I attended the ashing service. A chance to reflect and repent. At the end of the service we were dismissed with promise of God’s love: “God loves us so much, and Christ calls us to love each other. If we love one another, God lives with us.” I am so often taken aback by statements like this, so simple yet encapsulating a great truth. If we love one another, God lives with us.
As we travel forward towards Easter, I’m going to try my best to put time aside to dwell in that love, to ask for forgiveness for all those times I have failed to love my neighbour and to ask for God’s help so that I may go forward to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God.
Yours, with love,
Wendy
Wendy Neale, Churchwarden