The Pastor’s desk –
May I ask you a question? How is your heart doing? We sometimes greet each other with “How are you?” but how often do we get asked, “How is your heart doing?” The Bible encourages us to guard our hearts for it is the wellspring of life (Proverbs 4:23) and indeed it is. So how’s your heart? The past week has been filled with many happenings. My heart is heavy thinking of the people of Nepal who have lost their lives and their loved ones in the recent earthquake. Nearer home, I have been journeying with people through pain, loss, misunderstandings, broken relationships and more. There are moments my heart gets tired but there have been many more moments my heart has been cheered, warmed, enriched and encouraged by the very people I am journeying with. I was reminded of the prayer Dr Gwee Li Sui ended with when he preached at FCC last Sunday. It moved and motivated me. I pray it ministers to you too. “Father, when we lose sight of the way of Your love, bring us Your teaching again to encourage us, to admonish us. When we find ourselves poor in our plenty, dumb in our cowardice, deaf in our compassion, blind in our daily busyness – when we are weak in our humanity – bring us again to Christian fellowship. When we forget who we are to one another, why we must forgive always, be compassionate and kind always, what it means to be Your Christian, let us partake again in Your body and in Your blood – and refocus us. And, when we are tired and sunk and cannot find the means to have faith in You, lead us into prayer, into holy silence. Lord, give us this life of worship that we live more fully for You. In Jesus’s name we ask of You, Amen.”
PAULINE