BH Bulletin - Wednesday 11 November 2020

Thought for the Day by Catharine Currell
​(Families Minister)

I wonder if this second lockdown has brought with it a feeling of ‘here we go again!’ for you. There is a certain inevitability to it that can be discouraging and frustrating. This recognition that life is frustrating was articulated thousands of years ago by the wise teacher of Ecclesiastes:
 
‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher. ‘Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.’ What do people gain from all their labour at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains for ever.” Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
 
Perhaps you are weary of watching leaders rise and fall, seeing disease and need take their toll on the vulnerable or saddened to remember the casualties of wars long past and conflicts still raging today.
History seems to repeat itself and we wonder if we have really learned much from it. After all, what difference do our small decisions make? In a few years time nobody’s going to care whether we wore a mask, kept our temper with the children, wore a poppy, read our bible or ‘liked’ something on facebook. Nobody...except God.
 
“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13,14
 
Our lives, in all their complexity and frustration do matter because they matter to God. He sees and knows every moment of kindness, each broken promise, each fallen soldier. Statistics about Covid-19 deaths or election results are not just numbers to him. He still rules, still loves, no matter what. And the LORD who rules it all also came down to become one of us, one of the statistics, experiencing the days and moments, the frustrations and discouragements alongside us and offering us the glorious hope of a future in which everything is made new and history no longer repeats itself. Jesus offers us real hope so let’s lift our eyes from our frustrations to the LORD who sees and knows every hidden thing.
Catharine

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Sunday after Service Coffee and Chat for all.

After the 10.00am Live Streamed Service each Sunday we are planning to have on line Coffee and Chat sessions on Zoom. There will be a group for Families with under 11s hosted by Catharine and a group for other Parish members hosted by Phil. Everyone will be very welcome to attend and join the group which suits them best. Access will be through MyChurchSuite which will be available very soon.
If you have any questions please contact the Church office otherwise we look forward to seeing you on Sunday.

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