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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Eleanor Jeans

Celebration

Good morning.

This year my church is celebrating 150 years since the first worship service took place in our building. We will have a year of activities, with all sorts of events happening. We will also be telling stories of those who have been part of St Paul鈥檚 over the years. It will be wonderful to celebrate with our church family and the local community. I鈥檓 personally looking forward to being reminded to celebrate this year when there are many difficult and challenging things going on in our world at this time.

Celebration is an important part of life, it helps us to focus on the positives and be reminded of all that has happened.

The people of Israel were encouraged to remember and to celebrate events in their history, not to look back and wish they were there again, but to be ever-mindful of where they had come from and where God had been at work in their lives. And this is my hope and prayer for our own celebrations. That we will be reminded in a similar way of our story, and all that is good which has happened.

If you drive, you will know the importance of looking in the rear view mirror, to help you gain a perspective of where you are now as you look through the much larger windscreen and move forward.

There is so much going on at this time that we can forget to look back, to be thankful and to celebrate. Let鈥檚 not forget to do so.

Dear God, in this fast-paced life, give me courage to look back, to reflect and celebrate as I move forward.

Amen

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