Silent Time

People may forget, what they have created:

Children who had set up their small play area outdoor e.g. in the forest, they may later have other interests, and may gradually forget that area.

A young person may have created a simple computer program, but years later it might be outdated, no more required and over time gets out of the mind.

But not so with God. God never forgets his creation. He cares for each and everybody individually. Even if it seems as if everybody has forgotten us, God still remembers us.

How long – O Lord?

Have you also asked that question?

How long will the suffering endure?

How long will the injustice last?

To whom or to what do we give honour?

Everyone can easily check one’s priorities:

What do you spend your free time on?

What do you spend your energy on?

On what do you spend the major part of other resources?

How comes that certain organisations develop in a certain direction, while another comparable organisation may develop in a totally different direction? 2 comparable companies may look totally different 10 years in the future. Same for 2 associations who look similar today, they may be in totally different shape some years into the future. And even societies may develop in different directions.

Because there are guiding forces behind, some obvious, and other forces we cannot see.

Blessed are those communities, whose guiding force is the Holy Spirit.

Good sleep with nothing to fear – would that not be wonderful: to have good rest, to get enough strength for the tasks ahead, to have good concentration on the following days?

All too often, the reality looks different: there is not sufficient time to rest.

Or fears, worries and other things keep us awake.

But the Lord wants to give us such peace.

Do you at times lack the strength and energy you need?

There is so much to do but we only have limited energy.

Do you see the connections between different topics in your life?

We often regard things separately: one matter only relates to the mind, another thing only to the body etc. And yet, it all belongs together. Not only modern medicine finds out more about these connections, the bible already knows about it since long.

“I have kept all promises that I ever made in my life, I always did 100% what I promised” – can anybody claim that?

Probably the person who claims that is a liar.

Yet there is one, who has never broken any promise.

How about your opinion? If we look at the situation in the world, there would be many reasons to fear or to give up hope. When we think about all the injustice going on. The problems in the world. The difficulties in our own personal lives. So many reasons to give up.

And yet, there is that one reason not to give up.

The Lord has done great things!

He has won the victory!

When you hear the word “love”, what comes to your mind?

The romantic love?

Or the hobbies that you love to do?

Or caring love, parental love?

Good parents want the best for their child. They continuously care for the longterm well-being of the child. Through all happy and sad times, they have the best intentions for their child.

God’s caring love is greater than we can imagine.