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We hope to be able to produce a monthly newsletter with more news, stories and information that may be relevant to you. In particular we will want to highlight any events which are taking place in the United Kingdom. We do not pass your email address on to any third parties. For previous editions of the newsletter follow the links on the left. NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2010
VERSE OF THE MONTH IN THIS EDITION: LIVING LOVED Lamentations is not a book we read often and when we do it is normally to pick out one or two verses that we know well. However, perhaps we tend to look at them in isolation and out of context. The story of Lamentations is very similar to our own. Let me paraphrase the first few chapters and put them in a current context:
This is how it often feels. There are times when it seems as if everything is going wrong. At such times we may question where God is or we may even feel that these things are happening because we have done something wrong and God is heaping judgement on us. But the writer of Lamentations comes back to the important truth that God is always good! Sometimes we need to recognize that we live in a fallen world where things do go wrong and where things wear out and fall apart. Most of the time it is not the judgement of God; it is just the way things are! I don’t want to paint an over simplistic picture as I know it is really tough In 1 John 4 we are encouraged to “live in love”. This means living under the covering of the Father’s love. As we learn to live in Him, so we are living in love and it is this that makes us complete. As we live in love fear is driven away and we come to the place where we can know and rely on the love God has for us. This means we can trust the Father’s love because we have proved it to be true. Living loved is something that goes beyond our intellect and feelings. It is something we know in our hearts as we experience the Father’s overwhelming love. In the following verses of Lamentations 3 we are find some more keys to living under the banner of love; put our hope in him, seek him and wait quietly (rest) for him (verses 25-27). This attitude of dependence on the Father brings about our salvation. When the storms of life come, as they surely will, we need something more than ourselves that will hold us in a safe place. Like the writer of Lamentations we too can say: “God is good, His love will never fail”. HEART TO HEART - Fatherheart School for Young People EVENTS In His Love Mark Gyde |
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