Welcome
We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who got in touch following the launch of the new-look magazine in January. It was so encouraging to receive such positive feedback!
It is nearly a year ago that my son was lying in a hospital bed after falling 20 feet from a balcony onto his head. We were unsure whether he would live or die. The refrain that went through my mind as I stood over his limp little body was: ‘Why didn’t I play football with him when he asked for a kick around this morning?’ I had responded with: ‘Not now son I’m really busy.’ Everything within me wished that I had kicked a ball around with him for 15 minutes. We’re so thankful that he’s now almost fully recovered.
There is always an opportunity to make the most of the moment. Did you get snowed in this winter? Did you try to dig yourself out or did you just enjoy it and throw snowballs or go tobogganing? The same is true in the Christian life. We are invited into the adventure of a life with God, which involves embracing the opportunity that each day provides. I was challenged by a sentence I read in a book many years ago: ‘The stranger in the street is the friend you have yet to meet.’ Stopping and talking with somebody might just give us the opportunity of bringing something of Jesus into their lives.
In the pages that follow you will find accounts of people, churches and communities who are trying to make the most of now. With the resources they have they are trying to reach out and extend God’s kingdom as best they can. I pray that your hearts will be warmed by the stories of faith in action and you will be inspired to make the most of today.
God bless you in all you do,
Mark Melluish
Editor
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