God’s Love

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Good morning. Somewhere in the world the sun is shining, right now. In other parts of the world the weather that the day will have as part of it is not yet clear, as the day feels like it's just beginning, whilst elsewhere, even as this is broadcast, a day is coming to an end. Isn't the world a strange, beautiful, staggeringly complex place. And yet we share a collective humanity whoever we are, wherever we are, and whatever we think about ourselves, others, the wider world, and even God, faith and so on. I’ve been amused to realise again recently that it is not my belief, or otherwise in God, that makes God true, or not. It’s not my belief in the stories of Christianity, or indeed any other faith, which would make them true, or otherwise, effective or otherwise. If God is real, if God is love, if hope is real because of the hope of salvation that we can have, then those things are objectively true. I can’t make them more or less true. It’s been freeing, and helped me to worry less, to realise this. It doesn’t make my faith any weaker, though. Quite the contrary, really. I’m excited because my faith and trust in God feel like they’re on solid ground. This gives me confidence to do my best to live well, following the example of Jesus, who laid down his life for his friends. What a beautiful example. Father thank you for the example of Jesus who laid down his life for his friends, in the greatest act of love ever shown. Help me to love and to serve following that example I pray. Amen.