When life is hard, we may find ourselves wrestling with God as we work through feelings of fear, pain, anger, and despair. But struggling with God is a way of living close to God, who always loves us and always wants to bless us. If we hold onto God, and are willing to acknowledge our weakness and need, God will bless us and provide for us.

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We often become so focused on what we're looking for that we miss what has been right in front of us all along. Jesus' parables invite us to see the kingdom of heaven not as a distant future, but as God's loving presence already at work in the ordinary moments of life. When uncertainty tempts us to cling to easy answers, we are invited instead to trust the God whose love is quietly transforming the world—and whose love can never be taken away.

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We don’t like to wait, but God has created a universe where waiting is part of the normal growth process. We are all being formed over time into the people God created us to be. Some of that formation is joyful, but hard experiences are also formative. Trusting that God is using all that we go through to shape us into beings capable of love and bliss allows us to live and wait in hope.

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The Rev. Emily Fisher bids farewell to Church of Our Saviour.

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Today’s main point at Summer Celebration, our annual VBS here at COOS, was “God is Our Safe Place.” We want to instill in our children a deep sense of God’s love and mercy so that they can always feel like it is safe to turn to God. We also want that for ourselves as adults, however, and sometimes we struggle with images of God from our childhood which are angry, judgmental, and hurtful. It’s good to be aware of such deeply ingrained ideas of God so that we can bring them to light and pray for the Holy Spirit to heal us and fill us with a sense of the God Jesus reveals, a good and loving God – a God who is always safe for us to turn to.

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Jesus' invitation to the weary is more surprising than it first appears. Rather than removing every burden, he offers us a different yoke—a different way of carrying the weight of life. As we learn from the One who is gentle and humble in heart, we discover that God  meets us in our weakness and gives us rest for our souls.

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Life is often hard for people, but our faith assures us that life in this world is good and meaningful. All that we experience here is preparing us for even deeper love and greater bliss. But the journey can still be agonizing at times, and cultivating trust is one of the ways we mature in faith. Trust is an active virtue which we can practice. 

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Baptism initiates us into a life of expansive love. While the love of family and friends is beautiful and crucial, we are led by the Spirit to grow in love. Our experience of God should always expand our spirits and enlarge our hearts to include all people. The Apostle Paul assures us  that “Christ is all and in all.” We only love Cjrist above all things by loving Christ in all things.

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The words of Jesus can sometimes surprise us, especially when he calls us to examine what holds our deepest loyalty and love. Yet beneath these difficult teachings is an invitation to discover the freedom that comes from placing God at the center of our lives. When we love God most, we find that we are able to love everyone else more deeply.

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Psalm 19 tells us that “one day tells its tale to another,” which is a beautiful way of saying we are part of an unfolding story. In that story, there are joyful days and sad days, times of celebration and times of devastation. In all times, God is there to teach us what we most need to learn. With a humble spirit, we can be open to what God has for us each day, trusting that we are heading towards resurrection and that our story has a happy ending.

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