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Good Morning.

I have something of a reputation for being impetuous, but when I announced a few months ago that to mark a major birthday I had coming up, I was going to book a tandem skydive to raise money for the work of The Salvation Army in my city of Newport, I think my husband decided I had finally taken leave of my senses completely!

So, last Saturday, I threw myself out of an aeroplane ten thousand feet above Swansea in South Wales – ten thousand feet is just under two miles, and after the exhilaration of the freefall, my instructor pulled the cord and we gently floated back to earth, taking in the beauty of the world below us.

From that height everything takes on a new perspective. I was struck by how insignificant the cars and buildings looked against the enormity of creation, how we take up so little space, but that God’s beautiful creation seems to go on forever.

In Psalm 8, we read:

When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?

Humanity has been given the joy and responsibility of caring for this beautiful world, and, seeing it from this perspective I was struck by our insignificance yet how loved we are by God who created us and charged us to care for creation – including each other.

Dear Lord. Forgive us the times when we have abused the gifts you have given us and help us each day to see this world as you see it and to love it - and each other – as you love us.

Amen

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