Christ is risen!
‘Youth is wasted on the Young’. Surely that sentiment is merely an expression of regret.
Can we then say that older age is wasted on the elderly?
When as Christians we are given NEW BIRTH, it is not to rue our spent youth
or the limitations of older age but to be FULLY ALIVE in Christ.
Trust is not dependent on muscle power but on truly believing a living hope.
New birth gives new sight, new understanding, new love.
John Keble’s hymn, New every morning expresses
some of the art of living in the light of Christ.
Verse 3 suggests that Christian living is about
realigning our hearts and minds to seeing the holy – and no regrets.
If on our daily course, our mind
be set to hallow all we find
new treasures still of countless price
God will provide for sacrifice.
Hymns A&M Revised No 4;
Hymns A&M New Standard No 2; New English Hymnal No 2.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3
Mothers Union worldwide campaigns against traditional practices
such as child marriage and female genital mutilation.
For all involved in changing minds there is hope and love but danger as well.
In Kenya some girls need to move to safer areas.
We ask God’s blessing on all family members
in this time of social upheaval and pray for new life for all.