成人快手

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Krish Kandiah

Good morning.

It turns out a crisis can bring out the best in people. Behind terrible news headlines, we have seen people making great sacrifices on behalf of others. Frontline NHS staff, generous neighbours, an army of community volunteers: it seems many are willing to put themselves at risk to serve their compatriots.

Paradoxically a crisis can also bring out the worst in people. We have seen the temptation to hoard for ourselves, to rebel against public guidelines, or even worse to see the suffering of the vulnerable as collateral damage.

It has been said that a crisis doesn鈥檛 change us - it reveals us. We see who we really are in these challenging circumstances. But what if we don鈥檛 like what we see?

Let鈥檚 take hope from the most famous verse in the Bible:

鈥淔or God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life鈥�

I have always taken this verse for granted but the more I reflect on it the more radical it is. Jesus lays down his life for the entire world without assessing their worthiness or demanding the recipient be good or deserving. Controversially God鈥檚 love is offered to both hoarders and donors, to the greedy and the generous, to NHS workers and to lockdown breakers. But once we have received the love of God it transforms us into the people that God made us to be and actually the people we long to be. In these days of great change we are called to show the same unconditional love of God to all around us.

Loving Lord
Thank you that your grace extends to all;
that we can all find forgiveness when we ask.
Have mercy on us and on those around us

Amen

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