Look around
See the amazing works of the Lord
in the sparrow and blackbird collecting worms in our gardens
to the mighty Ben Wyvis still kissed with snow
the large and the small
the fleeting and the constant
Look around
see the amazing works of the Lord
in you.
Yes, you
made in God’s image
loved beyond measure
called to be that love and image in the world
Look around
see the amazing works of the Lord
sending forth the Holy Spirit
upon the first disciples
and every follower of Christ since that first glorious Pentecost day
enabling people to do things they could never imagine in and through the love of Christ in them
Look around
see the amazing works of the Lord
like flames of fire touching you and I
putting a fire in our belly
to be God’s people
as we worship from my home to yours
as we go through this week
may all we say and do
may all the encounters we make, physically and virtual
show we are fired up by love
show we know the Spirit is with us always
As we look around
seeing the amazing works of the Lord
we look upon ourselves
realising there are times where we have not followed the spirit’s prompting, and gone our own way
realising we have failed to follow the lockdown rules, placing our own needs and desires before that of others
realising we’ve not loved as we could or should
for these, and a million other ways we have let you down, Lord God, we are truly sorry.
In the power of the Holy Spirit and the love of Christ
may you know you are forgiven of all your sins
and set free to follow the spirit’s guiding love
which sets all people, including you and I, free
Amen