Thought for the Week

I SEEM to be receiving an inordinate amount of junk emails these days.

There seems to be no way of filtering out the rubbish that tumbles into my inbox, and I am really weary of it all.

Then there are these intrusive phone calls which pervade my privacy and disrupt my thoughts.

It seems that in this technological age there is not much room for peace.

We are bombarded with images of things that will make life better, make us more attractive, help us be winners in the race of life or give us endless amounts of credit to spend however we like.

Marketing gurus are making a fortune duping us into thinking that we need things we have no need of whatsoever.

We are being duped into a lifestyle that worships the god of success and beauty and wealth.

We have to hold fast to the fact that there are different values.

Life is more than wealth or success or glamour.

Life is about love and joy, about family and friendship, about faith and faithfulness.

At Halloween Finlay asked me why I wasn’t dressed up. I replied that I didn’t want to frighten him. With all the wisdom of a three-year-old, he said, ‘But I know you, so I wouldn’t have been frightened’.

That trust of a little boy is worth more than all the riches money can buy.

Jesus said, ‘I have come to bring you life in all its fulness’.

I wish I could have an inbox with the words of a three-year-old to cheer me, amuse me, and delight me.

These words would never be deleted