A mid-week message from the Pastor:
Henri Nouwen wrote this: “Trees look strong compared with the wild reeds in the field. But when the storm comes the trees are uprooted, whereas the wild reeds, while moved back and forth by the wind, remain rooted and stand up again after the storm has calmed down. Flexibility is a great virtue. When we cling to our own positions and are not willing to let our hearts be moved back and forth a little by the ideas or actions of others, we may be easily broken. Being like wild reeds does not mean being wishy-washy. It means moving a little with the winds of time while remaining solidly anchored to the ground. A humorless, intense, opinionated rigidity about current issues might cause them to break our spirits and make us bitter people. Let’s be flexible while being deeply rooted.”
Have a blessed week,
Pastor John