The Chibi News Daily Reflection
Hello, I'm Reverend Micah Vicar in the Church of England. When real trouble strikes, it's difficult, isn't it, to think of anything else
Our minds become consumed with that humanitarian atrocity, or that diagnosis, or that fractured relationship
But have you ever noticed that ancient churches are often set on high, perhaps on a hill
This speaks of the very biblical idea that our hearts ascend to meet with God
That we leave our earthly cares behind in order to raise our attention to him
Now of course God welcomes us to bring anxiety and concerns. In fact he bids us bring them
But it is possible to have our minds so cluttered with our own stuff
that we fail to see what really matters. the transcendent goodness and beauty of Jesus
True joy in the Christian faith is found when the focus of our hearts is no longer on our circumstances
our limitations, our desires, but him, as the Apostle Paul says, if then you were raised with Christ
seek those things which are above where Christ is. Set your minds on things above