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Monday, 17 August 2020

Secure connections

 

Don has worked for hours renewing the bunk beds our children slept in, so that returning grandchildren can sleep in them. Now they are sanded, varnished, put back together in the bedroom. New mattresses have arrived, and new bedding.

The ladder, however…

The ladder is there, but one of the metal brackets connecting it to the bed was missing. Don removed the second bracket in order to get a new one made – and it’s disappeared. So two new brackets now need fashioning and screwing on so the children can climb up to the top bunk safely.

We go to so much trouble ‘climbing up’ to God. We practice our worship music, write fantastic prayers, think through a message and prepare a children’s talk. We come together and climb the ladder … but in order to connect to God, we need hearts hungry for his presence and eager for his words.

Hearts and spirits eager for God: those are the secure connections which take us into the relaxing presence of the Lord.ac

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