Thought for the Month
Rev Meg Slingo writes:
Dear Friends,
Well, it's my turn again to write something for the newsletter, so here goes. By now we are well into spring and the flowers are flowering, budding and blooming. The weather is pleasantly warm and we are saying "Wow" God is good and roll on summer with long warm evenings, picnics and chit chatting over the garden wall with the neighbours.
We have waited sometime for spring and sometimes we don't like waiting. The disciples were waiting in the upper room - waiting for the Lord - what was going to happen to them and where do they go now? We can only imagine how they felt. How long have they got to wait? Waiting on the Lord is for our encouragement. I have picked out two or three scriptures, which are an encouragement to me, and I pray will be for you too.
Isaiah 40:31 "but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles". Also Psalm 37:7 "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him", and not forgetting of course Acts 1:4-4 "On one occasion whilst he was eating with them, he gave them this command: Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit". What a promise! And that is for us today. So let us wait upon the Lord as we have waited for the spring and summer to arrive and let us see what God can do and what He desires to do within each one of us.
