Yesterday was the Queen’s 94th Birthday (Apr 21),
Today is World Earth Day (Apr 22),
Tomorrow is St. George’s Day (Apr 23) and Friday is…well it is Friday (The End of The Week – for many, for some it may even be Pay Day).
My question this morning is what are you going to choose to celebrate today.
It’s not a question that asks ‘what do you feel like celebrating today’ but what ARE you going to CHOOSE to celebrate today?
I don’t know if you know the song by McFly but it’s been going around my head for days.
We made it!
Like when we’ve done Boxing day and put the tree away for another year, we have reached Easter Season in the church calendar and by now most of you will be scouring the house for the last remnants of chocolate eggs (hoping maybe that you forgot one or two maybe…)
Loo roll is highly desirable when there is none to buy.
Even the tins in the cupboard that were overlooked for years become possibilities for dinner.
Actually you really liked company even when you said you didn’t.
Who knew clapping could make you cry.
Food is one of my favourite things.
Don’t worry – I’m not about to break into a song about a few of my favourite things…although Musicals do rank highly in my book!
Food is amazing for so many things.
I wonder what you’ve got planned for today…something that involves a bit of fun I hope.
Researchers reckon that for something to become a habit, you need to do it about 60 times before it becomes something automatic. Some of us pick it up within 18 and others can take upto 256 times. I don’t think we are there yet.
This weekend we were introduced to the delights of Disney+. A new way of watching many many films and programmes that the household name had produced since the 1930s.
I don’t know whether you joined us last night at 8pm. We stood at open windows and Clapped the Carers.
If you would like something to read today then you could do worse than look at Romans Chapter 8.
(Because this is a letter from Paul to the Church in Rome, it can come across as a bit of a complicated lecture with each sentence making you ask more questions than it answers. You find yourself saying ‘Wait, what?’ but it is worth reading Chapter 8 because it contains some of the most encouraging things we find in the New Testament.)
Today is remembered in the church calendar as the Feast of the Annunciation – when Gabriel visits Mary. (Luke 1:26-38)
The night has passed and the day lies open before us; let us pray with one heart and mind.
As we rejoice in the gift of this new day, so may the light of your presence, O God, set our hearts on fire with love for you; now and for ever. Amen.