THE HARPERS BROOK GROUP OF ANGLICAN CHURCHES

Storms named Ciara, Viruses called Corona, dreadful facilities for disabled children at many schools, and a dreadful economic report for the last quarter of 2019. These are just some of the thing in the news which could make us feel attacked on all flanks. Most of us will manage to keep hold of some kind of reasonable perspective, knowing that life is always one of ups and downs. Occasionally the ups are of historical note and sometimes the downs can be tragic. Someone once said 'life isn't just waiting for storms to pass it's …' Add your own ending and then balance things with this reassurance from the good book: 'Nothing stresses us because I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love, because of the way that Christ Jesus has embraced us.