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God is such a generous giver of good gifts. Last Sunday John preached an awesome word, encouraging us to eagerly desire intimate relationship with God and the gifts of the spirit. May God grant each of us our hearts desire to know him more and serve him and others well with the gifts he provides.
This week we consider the greatest gift of all. Love! In Corinthians 13 Paul says that without love, all our other gifts and works are useless. Love needs to be the motivation for everything we do. It needs to be demonstrated in the way we serve and interact as God’s people. Together, we need to be a community who are seeking to live out Jesus' invitation to “love one another” because we know that it's by acts of love and grace that we will be witnesses to and transform our world. As Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr famously said: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Love is powerful! The best news is that Love is a gift that all have access to. This “gift” isn’t limited to the privileged or elite. It isn’t a gift that is only available to the educated or those with the right color skin. Instead, the poor, the uneducated, the disadvantaged … in fact everyone could embrace and practice what Paul calls the greatest gift … love. This is both our privilege and our mission … to love unconditionally and relentlessly. I wonder where and how God might be calling you to show love in action? This Sunday we will have a visiting preacher (Gemma) from FUSION, where she helps to provide homeless youth with a place to belong and receive love and support. As a Church we show our support for FUSION with our prayers, financial giving, food/grocery donations, and on November 9 we are planning a Trivia Night to raise funds to support the work of FUSION. Mark your diaries now and plan to join us. We can all join together to show love in action and make this world a better place for many. We do this out of love for God and others, because he loved us first! God loves you and so do I (as do many others). Reverend Tanya Cummings
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