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Purposes
July 1, 2009
Dear Friends,
I am writing my this letter as we approach the end of “Better Together” (Forty Days of Community) and I would like to say a very BIG Thank You to all those who have been involved in making Better Together possible and to everyone who has shared in the groups and Sunday Teaching.
For me to say that we are approaching the end of “Better Together” is rather a misleading phrase , for although the actual campaign and specific sessions are ending, there are many things that are continuing. Not least we will have a deepened sense that we can fulfil God’s Purposes of Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Ministry and Mission… better when we do it together. In addition there have been specific things that have touched individuals and groups and we will see the fruit of those as we look ahead.
As I was thinking about Better Together I read the following Poem which was headed “A Poem to Read Twice”
When you have turned the page and read it TWICE think again about the way that the Purposes we have looked at in “Better Together” really do help to reverse the attitudes that can so easily creep into a lost generation. We have the most wonderful message in the world, however, the challenge is how to enable others to know that reversing power of God’s love in Jesus.
If you are at home or away I pray God’s Blessing on you this summertime
With warmest Christian Greetings
God Bless you,
Kath
“A Poem to Read Twice”
I am part of a lost generation
And I refuse to believe
I can change the world
I realise this may be a shock but
“True Happiness comes from within”
is a lie, and
“Money will make you happy”
So in 30 years I will tell my children
That they are not the most important thing in my life
My employers will know that
I have my priorities straight because
Work
Is more important than
Family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
But this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
30 years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope
And all that will come true unless we choose to reverse it
Now READ IT BACKWARDS from “There is hope”...
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