The grass and the birds outside looked pretty much the same as yesterday!
But 2011 has started, and many will have stayed up to see in the New Year. What might it hold? We cannot predict what even today brings, let alone the next 365 days.
But I am struck by the fact that New Year's Day is the eighth day since Christmas Day, and so it is also the day when his parents officially gave their son the name 'Jesus', according to Jewish habits.
Preaching to the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, some weeks after the death of Jesus, Peter makes an astonishing claim about Jesus. 'For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,
‘The stone that you builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.’
There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4.11-12)
My prayer for 2011 is that in and through the mission & ministry of St. Andrew's Church, many more people will discover that Jesus provides the salvation and rescue package which we all need.
Best wishes,
Richard
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