Saturday, 23 March 2013

Easter Leaflets in the snow!

We spent some time this afternoon posting invitations to our Easter services round one of the local villages. In the bitter cold the snow continued to fall and I felt it would have been more appropriate to be putting round our carol service invitations.
Each Easter and Christmas we put  post over 1000 invitations to households  to come to our services, together with a simple message of hope. While we normally get some response at Christmas, it has been extremely rare that anybody responds. Nevertheless, I feel it worthwhile to put another message around, prayerfully, acting as a signpost to Christ and salvation
 I just hope that the message will last longer than our footprints. One thing we do know is that Gods Word will last for ever, even after heaven and earth have passed away.
The world needs this message of hope coming out of suffering. It needs to be told that there is more to this life than this life alone.
Isaiah in that wonderful commissioning in chapter 6 is then told he will go to a people who will not hear.Jesus in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, says that They will not listen though one rose form the dead. But we must continue to spread the message we have been given.


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