More!

Surrounded by snow, and enjoying the views, it seems we are due to get more snow - with all that will mean for those hoping to travel and visit family and friends. Clashing with this reality, our expectations are also making us hope for more - stuff in the shops, more deliveries from Royal Mail or courier companies. John Bell, again on Thought for the Day on the Today programme, spoke of the culture of entitlement which poisons the way we think - we believe we are entitled to be in control of our lives and loves, and get immensely frustrated when our desires are blocked. Getting more may not always happen.
But St. Paul, writing from prison, and facing possible execution, prays that his friends may know more - but it is more with a difference.
'I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—the righteous character produced in your life by Jesus Christ—for this will bring much glory and praise to God.' (Philippians 1.9-11)
This prayer for more love - for God and others - is what we all need. To know God's life within our experience will make us able to bring more glory and praise to Him. That would be good to see!
Best wishes,
Richard