He will refresh your life with His love
Hi everyone, whatever stage in the term you find yourself, I hope you’re doing well. Some of you are in the thick of exams whilst others have already begun their monstrously vast summer holidays – DMU students, you know who you are!!
So this week I asked a group of “older” ladies for some wisdom. I asked them to imagine they could venture back in time to share some advice with their young adult selves. One friend wrote this “Dream big dreams and believe anything is possible. Take giant leaps of faith and have adventures. Laugh lots and don’t take things too seriously! Believe what God says about you, treasure it in your heart and live from that place”
Now we can probably agree that this advice is pretty good – but there was something else about it that had a profound impact on me. You see, I know this friend has suffered pain and illness throughout her young adult years. I know something of the deep heartache and loss she experiences each day as she continues with the huge restrictions this illness places upon her life. Yet she lives with a heart full of faith and generosity and, battling in ways most of us can only imagine, she writes about big dreams and adventures.
So what about us? In varying measure we will all experience disappointment, restrictions and pain and I am firmly of the belief that it’s good to be honest about those things. But in that place it is also vital to keep dreaming with God and believing what He says about us. Because, as my friend went on to write, The Lord your God wins victory after victory and is always with you. He celebrates and sings because of you, and he will refresh your life with his love. (Zeph 3:17) There is more of Him ahead for us all, He loves us and because of this we will always have hope.
And here’s the latest batch of dates for you:-
This Sunday 13 May we’re really looking forward to enjoying lunch together @ TLC after the second service. Later on we have a relaxed Open House 7pm @ the Intern’s HouseSun
20 May – Open House will be at the brand new exciting venue of Roger’s House
Wed 23 May – M68 for Men/Unveiled for Women – 7:30pm @ TLC come along, worship, learn and have fun sharing the journey together.
Sun 27 May – The Room – 7pm @TLC - as well as enjoying the fridge, fireplace and 3 ducks for the last time this year we will be encountering God together in a really good opportunity to go deeper in worship.
Sun 3 June Open House 7pm @ the Intern’s House
Saturday 9 June before we say goodbye to many of you we will be having our very special end-of-academic-year, SUMMER CELEBRATION!! The invitations are ready for you this weekend!
And I would really like to highlight the opportunity to get baptised on Sun 3 June. If you have decided to follow Jesus then this is your next step – just get yourself along to a baptism class in either of our Sunday services – it would be great to send some of you off for the summer ‘freshly baptised’!
God bless you all so very, very much. May His healing and hope keep growing and growing inside you.
With my love
Joy x