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BH Bulletin - Friday 31 July 2020

31/7/2020

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​Thought for the Day by Ben Martin (Curate)

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The race for Grace 
In our house there is sometimes an unorganised race to say grace before meal times. The loser then gets into a strop and sometimes tears flow… and that’s just when Morag and I have dinner on our own. 

Seriously, we are very grateful that the kids love to give thanks before food, even if sometimes they turn it into a competition. But we are grateful they want to do it because it is good to give thanks. 

Paul in 1 Timothy 4:4 says…
 
‘For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.’ 

In the context Paul is speaking against those that were ascetics (people who believed that by not eating certain foods or marrying they were being extra holy). 
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But Paul’s counter his simple. If God made it, created it, designed it. And if we use it as God intended then it is good. So thank God for it!!
 
So it is good to say grace, to thank God, before you sit down to eat a meal of porridge or ham sandwiches or steak and chips.
 
But more than that…
 
It is good to say grace, before you sit down to watch the telly. 
 
It is good to say grace before you head off for a walk on the beach. 
 
It is good to say grace before you go out in the car to visit friends. 
 
It is good to say grace before nestling in to read your favourite book. 
 
It is good to say grace as you open the door and go into a clean toilet. 
 
It is good to say grace before you snuggle up in a warm bed for a good nights sleep. 
 
It is good to say grace as you pick up your screaming child that wakes you up from your good nights sleep. 
 
It is good to say grace in all times and in all places.
 
‘For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.’
 
Let’s all race to grace today!
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