Mediation

Today sees a major change in Family Law.
Couples seeking a divorce must now work though the separation with help of the Mediation Service. Apparently, this will lead to much reduced financial costs being incurred, and the long-term family relationships will have much better hopes of being healthy.
When a mediator can bring people together, to solve a difficult problem, the mediator has to represent both sides fairly. With that trust in place, wonderful changes can result.
The New Testament makes much of the role of Jesus, as a Mediator of the New Covenant between God and humans. 'That is why Christ is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.' (Hebrews 9.15)
Hebrews also makes the point that Jesus is the perfect mediator, because he both represents God to us, and because he shares our humanity, he represents us to God. So we have peace with God through the blood that Jesus shed on the cross. Living in the light of that makes all the difference to everything that happens to us today. It may be a beautiful day, but this is infinitely more beautiful! I shall seek to live today in thankful worship of his love and mercy.
Best wishes,
Richard