I have been thinking about the word “Open “; that this year a spirit of openness would guide and inspire us.
Open to God’s Spirit working within us and through us: shaping us to be a community of believers as close to the first Jerusalem church as we dare to be.
Open to what God needs us to do:
open-hearted and with open arms to develop all the more our welcoming outlook.
Open-minded:
to be willing to adapt and change, to respond with love and compassion when the situation demands.
Open at the edges:
to continue to be truly inclusive, to enable meaningful involvement
and a sense of belonging.
So, are we open to these possibilities for 2019?
God bless.
Gerard.