When I read this text of rich words said by St Paul I thought of all of you who are desperately fighting bush fires and working to bring hope to the hopeless and comfort to the brokenhearted, support to the tired and exhausted, water to the thirsty and while it breaks our hearts to see such devastation of property, homes, lives and our animals, to experience this darkness in our days we know that God is with us.
I love the closing prayer of the Iona Community Daily Office:
In work and worship GOD IS WITH US
Gathered and scattered GOD IS WITH US
Now and always GOD IS WITH US.
And I use these words to say:
In the heat and ash GOD IS WITH US
In the loss and heartache GOD IS WITH US
In the fight and hope GOD IS WITH US
Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ
Anne, servant of the Lord.
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