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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
There are millions of images of the members of the Church abandoning, hurting, controlling and generally sinning – as we humans are so prone to do and be. It is not just the clergy and I have to seriously look at what my sin would look like if I was a part of that ‘ruling party’. Would I succumb to my own ego, and believe my own lie? It is not just “them” or “those others” who sin, who abandon the children they were charged with caring for or who try to play God.
It is the Church, the “beloved spouse of God’s only begotten Son” who gathers me in and who is full of imperfect people like myself. Keep me true Lord as I try to share my experience of You, allowing myself to be used as leaven in today’s world, in my own little area of the world.
This morning as I sit here and look at my puny efforts in being a part of your Church, I realise how every day my love of her continues to deepen, and mature. I do not want to run away from her, only to take my place within her and to share that with all those around me.