For week beginning Monday 30th June, 2025
Transforming Grace
Titus 2:11-14
11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, 12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 14 He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.
v11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all’ speaks of Jesus coming to earth in human form to reveal God’s love, to forgive and redeem those who truly repent, to fulfill prophecy and found the Kingdon of God triumphing over death.
Summer is here and whether we prefer heat or a cooler clime, when the sun shines it seems to put a smile on faces! Flowers bloom, trees sway gently as though in hushed communication, as rabbits and deer wander quietly among them enjoying the shade.
Whatever the weather, sometimes the busy-ness of daily routine leaves little time to take a moment to just ‘be’ rather than always ‘do’. For those holding down a job, running a house and caring for children or others, it must feel as though there is barely enough time for conversation, eating and sleeping, let alone for just ‘being’ in the moment, but that moment of focusing on where God is in our lives helps us to be more open to receiving His transforming Grace in us and in our lives. A moment when we may be filled afresh with the fruits of His Spirit, recharging and enabling us to move forward in His strength.
22 ………. the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23
I wish you a summertime filled with fun, laughter, Joy and love, and pray you will take time to take a moment and be re-filled with the peace of Christ.
This is the last weekly offering on the website. Going forward, I hope to offer a monthly thought/reflection. My thanks to anyone who reads them! God Bless.
Revd Tish Bird
See previous Reflections here