'I, the Lord of sea and sky'
Reading & Collect
This week's readings can be found here John 6.35, 41-51
Our weekly reflection will be part of our Online Service on YouTube on Sunday
Poem
Submission
William Cowper (1731–1800)
O Lord, my best desire fulfill And help me to resign, Life, health, and comfort to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine.
Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears? Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears?
No, let me rather freely yield What most I prize to thee; Who never hast a good withheld, Or wilt withhold from me.
Thy favor, all my journey through, Thou art engaged to grant; What else I want, or think I do, 'Tis better still to want.
Wisdom and mercy guide my way, Shall I resist them both? A poor blind creature of a day, And crushed before the moth.
But ah! my inward spirit cries, Still bind me to thy sway; Else the next cloud that veils my skies, Drives all these thoughts away.
To Pray for
The courage to face whatever happens in life.
All those injured and the families of lost ones after two passenger trains collided in the Czech Republic.
All of our teachers in what has been a difficult and testing time for them during the pandemic, hope they can rest and recover ahead of the new academic year.