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“You are the light of the world - a city on a hill cannot be hidden”

Matthew 5:14

This is my Bible quote. I am quite sure that everyone has a passage in the bible that they find speaks to them quite specifically, and this is mine.

I think it tells us not to be ashamed of anything about ourselves. A city on a hill cannot pretend it is not there, it is simply there and unavoidably so.

  

In the same way, we as Christians cannot deny being Christians. If we say that we are not, then we aren’t. Saying it is a part of the deal really!

Lent is an opportunity for us and others to grow as Christians. I am sure we have all at some point received a questioning glance from someone when you have turned down a piece of cake, biscuit or whatever. Then a slightly amused look when they hear it is because you have given it up for lent.

Do not be put off by this. God sees our efforts and is happy with us.

In lent we fast because Jesus fasted. We give because Jesus gave. We pray because Jesus taught us to. Therefore, because Jesus was God's son, we also lay our claim to being one of God’s children with our heads held high.

With this is mind, we think about how we can be Christ to others. In the words of my amazing mum “You may be the only gospel some people read”.
This is a perfect example of how actions speak louder than words. Those of our brothers and sisters that might not know God as well as we do, receive the message much more clearly, through us.

So be the example to others that Christ was to us.

Fast

Give

And

PRAY!!

In the words of Florence Welch,

“When food is gone, you are our daily need”.

Mike Burrows

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St Helens

De La Salle Fifth Year studying rather a lot of things..