At the end of the day...

... I am tired. Sounds like a silly thing to say, but I am. Too many late nights. It's late now and yet I still have some domestic things I was hoping to achieve...

... I am excited. I have spent this evening with a group of lay people from the church community beginning to get a sense of the bigger picture that God is revealing of His purposes amongst us. It allows the group to get s sense of the diversity of new work that we are focusing on together. We also looked to the future together too. It was a hugely rewarding evening and one that begins to build friendship and trust between the members of the group too for mutual support and prayer, but also allows us to see the pattern of God's work and how each of the new Key groups can work together with each other and with God to bring that about.

... I am encouraged at all that God is doing amongst us. I am well aware of what lies ahead though too. This includes of course all the preparations for the inauguration of the new benefice, and all that goes with that. How are we church together? How do we continue to seek the purposes of God? How and where and when do we provide opportunities for people to gather for worship with resources that we have.

... I am hopeful. Hopeful that all will be well. I don't mean, basically a grasping at straws, but 'a sure an certain hope' that God will sort it all out. We need to be listening and watching and waiting and following.

... I am a child of God and loved by him through it all.

At the end of the day... I don't think it get's much better than this...