"We will all be Changed"
"We will all be changed" is the theme for this year's week of prayer for Christian Unity. The theme comes from Poland and it begins with a reminder that change is at the heart of our Christian faith. For some people, that change is dramatic'
On the 25th January, we celebrate the conversion of Saint Paul. The man who had spent the first part of his life persecuting Christians suddenly had a vision of Jesus and became a Christian himself. What a difference that made to his life!
For some of you, there was a time when, like Paul, you became a Christian. How much did that change your life? For others, like myself, there was never a time when I did not think of myself as a Christian and I sometimes wonder what difference being a follower of Jesus has made to the way that I live.
Saint Paul wrote that everyone who is in Christ is a new creation and we are called to live as children in the light because Christ "died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."
The start of yet another new year is a good reason to look once more at our lives and ask the question, "What difference has being a Christian made to my life?" and then ask, "What single change do I need to make in 2012 in order to be able to live more effectively for Jesus?"
May God bless you all during the coming year.
Alan Griffiths