Dear Church Family,
Most of us have come to terms, in some way, with how
COVID-19 has impacted our lives. We’re
staying home, we’re physically distancing when we do go out, we’re doing church
and school at home. We don’t like it, but we’re ok with it.
And then this – a mass shooting in Nova Scotia. Quiet, peaceful Nova Scotia. Sixteen people killed, plus the gunman. We’ve
been to Nova Scotia; we know people there.
On the news this morning, the television host interviewed a pastor and
asked him for a word of comfort and hope.
And I wondered, how would I have answered that question? How do I answer that question this
morning?
I’ll leave you with two verses. First, that God says he will never leave us
nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6). Never. And secondly, this promise from
Jesus, “I am coming soon,” and to which we reply “Amen. Come Lord Jesus,”
(Revelation 22:20). Not to take us away to some ethereal place in the clouds,
but to have Jesus come back here, to this hurting world, and make all things
new and good and beautiful. Amen, Come
Lord Jesus.
Pastor Rita
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