My friend Gill sent me this photo of Late February mist over Lake Windermere in the Cumbrian Lake District.
It breathes an air of hope and expectation at this very complex time in the world’s life. So much hate, divisiveness and pain is often hard to bear. So this photograph reminds us that there is another earth, a different view. If you study the photo the predominant colour is green,the colour of nature and new life Now in late-February in the Western Hemisphere, as the sun grows stronger, we are beginning to sense a change of mood in Nature. We receive a new joy. May it change the inner heart of humanity.

A prayer of hope by John Birch.

This prayer thought is by John Birch. He is a Methodist Local Preacher and writer who lives on the beautiful South Wales coastline. He is a prolific writer of prayers, some of which he has collected into books such as Sunshine & Storm, prayers for hope and justice in a fragile world. His collections are printed by Amazon and can be purchased from them. You can read more from him on his website, Faith & Worship.
I find his prayers an inspiration and a comfort. His words open me to the nearer presence of God.

I am also grateful to Gill for her photographs and thoughts which together also speak to me of God. In these present times I am needing to hear God more and more and to see the divine reflections in Nature.

[Mr G]