RENEWAL

                                           Early morning walk captures the lights on the trees.
                                This tree has become barren but within its trunk and branches there flows life.

I am now looking at my notes from the two past days.  Our study group is good for many reasons.  We are committed to continue to learn and to examine our faith.  We all start out with a second hand faith that we learn from parents and teachers and ministers.

These dear friends are very involved with the work of keeping the church alive and active.  We all express our love in different ways and there are no right or wrong answers to the questions we are reading.  Yes, we have had meetings when someone talks to much about their unsolvable problems.
Yes we have all know times like this.  We listen but encourage each other to live prayerfully with a spirit of grace.

The message of Job contains a message of tough love that challenges us to keep going on even when we feel like we have lost everything.  Our possessions, our home, our family our health.

Only in the wisdom of a loving God can our inner strength be renewed and new life flow deep within us.

Today has been a better day for dad and that means for me too.  He had a walk around the block but it was drizzling rain all day and chilly.  He missed his bike ride in the forest which he enjoys so much.  Instead we went to the library and then to Shoppers and then to White Spot for dad to enjoy a turkey dinner not fish and chips.

There have been times when my faith has needed renewal and I am sure that will be the way it will always be. 

I will always try to live as a follower of Jesus Christ with a sacred curiosity about what this means.