This Month's Message

March 2025 

Dear Friends,  

Spring is just around the corner!
After a winter of greyness, the sight of the occasional touch of blue sky is very welcome.
The Spring equinox is 20th  March and marks the time when the sun is directly over the equator and heading north. Linked with our change to British Summer Time on March 30th it all helps to make March a brighter month.

I am a great lover of books, both fiction and novels or non-fiction. I love stories, I love travel and when the two are combined in a book I am very happy.
But the bookshelves are overloaded, there are books on the floor at the bottom of the shelves, there are books waiting to find a space on the shelves. I was firmly resolved to sort the bookshelves this winter, but I am still prevaricating. In reality the thought of giving any away is difficult.  I know there is a famous person who quotes taking away 50%, but that’s too harsh for me.

In speaking to a friend at church about this dilemma, we talked about how the book you actually want can often be hidden by lots of other books.
A good title for a book maybe, ‘All the Books you Cannot Find’. It reminded me of the book by Anthony Doerr and film, All the Light you Cannot See.
So much of what we are looking for seems hidden at times.
 

Faith and Christianity can be like that.
We search for God to find meaning and understanding. So often it can be hidden in our everyday activities, but it can be found when we turn another chapter in our lives. 
 

At church we have the season of Lent from March 5th until Easter, a time for reflection, a time perhaps to give up something, and I guess I will be giving up chocolate again!
But Lent is also about thinking about Jesus and how important His life on earth is for all of us.
Whether we give something up or start a new project, as we move towards Easter, we know that Jesus can always be found in our lives, and that the greyness of winter can turn into the brightness of Spring.

With best wishes and God Bless

Rev’d Sue Martin