Well, that’s it. The balmy days of summer are well and truly
over. You can pack away the deck chairs, buckets and spades for another year.
You won’t be needed that suntan lotion for a while either. Soon those times
spent lazing on the beach under the scorching gaze of the sun will be nothing
but a hazy memory. With the summer holiday season gone, it’s back to reality.
For some that will mean back to school, for others back to
work, for others still back to the routine of life in retirement. But the
reality of our everyday lives beacons and there’s no getting away from it. For
some, perhaps many, reality is exciting and fulfilling, but for others real life
is often a bit of a drudge.
But as the old song tells us, “It ain’t what you do, it’s the
way that you do it”. The most mundane things in life, like preparing a meal or
fixing a dripping tap become a joy when we do them for someone we love. Love
elevates the everyday beyond dutiful drudgery and gives our lives meaning and
purpose.
The Christian life is motivated by love. God the Father loved
the world so much that he gave his Son to die on the cross for our sins. That
great love is poured out into the hearts of his people by the Holy Spirit.
Believers are called to respond to that love by devoting the whole of their
lives to God as an act of loving service. It’s good to get away from it all
every now and again, but back to reality holds no fear when shaped in
every part by the love of God.
* For September's News & Views, West Lavington Parish Magazine.
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