DEAR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, PENNTOWN:
I HOPE THIS NOTE FINDS YOU COPING WELL AND BEING HEALTHY. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AS WE ARE LIVING IN THIS UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY. WE FACE ILLNESS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT OUR GENERATION HAS NEVER BEFORE EXPERIENCED. PEOPLE IN MASKS EVERYWHERE. WE HOPE THAT BEFORE TOO LONG THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS. ON THAT FIRST EASTER THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION TOO. WE, LIKE THOMAS, HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, YET OUR LORD UNDERSTANDS EVEN WHEN WE DO NOT.
ON THE FIRST EASTER, THERE WAS MUCH CONFUSION:
WILL THIS EVER END? WHAT WILL NORMAL NOW LOOK LIKE?
GOD IS NOT ABSENT. NATURE IS COMING TO LIFE AGAIN. PRAY ASKING GOD TO SHOW US THE WAY THROUGH OUR PRESENT CHALLENGES.
A SIGN I KEEP ON MY DESK SAYS,
DON’T MEASURE THE SIZE OF THE MOUNTAIN, TALK TO THE ONE WHO CAN MOVE IT.
I MISS YOU. I ENCOURAGE US TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH ONE ANOTHER. IT IS OFTEN IN TIMES LIKE THESE WE TRULY REALIZE OUR BLESSINGS. MAY WE REMEMBER THAT CHRIST LIVES AND SO SHOULD WE.
REV. DAVE JOHNSTON
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