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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Krish Kandiah

Good Morning.

Last week my wife and sister were reminiscing about the Christmas dinner we had with my mum just before she died. We had eaten around coffee tables squeezed into the hallway outside her bedroom so she could feel part of the festivities. We had pulled crackers and placed a yellow paper crown where her hair should have been. We had gobbled platefuls of turkey with cheese-topped vegetables while she had struggled through half a bowl of clear soup.

The thing was – I had no recollection of the occasion at all. We had wanted to give her a last Christmas to remember. But I had forgotten it. I desperately wanted to recall that last meal with my mum as clearly as my wife and sister did, but ten years of other memories were stuck in the way.

Perhaps this resonates with you. Can you remember being jammed inside a tube carriage hurtling underground? Waiting in a dentist’s reception for a check-up? Going on holiday? The freezing huddle of parents cheering on the edge of a football pitch? Or have those distant, disappearing memories been supplanted by new ones?

Since our connection with the past is elusive, it is vital we connect to our future. The Bible says:

“I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,

In God’s future we won’t need nostalgia to feel positive. Our joy will be eternal. We will be reunited with him and with our loved ones.

Thank you, Lord, that the best is yet to come. Grant us confidence in your character, your creativity and your new community.

Give us patience and hope in equal measure.

Amen

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