Be Still And Know

Philippians 1:6 NLT  'And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.' Our Oratory garden is never still. Plants are flowering and trees blossoming. As plants spread, we move them, to find the ideal space for their development. As disciples, we are the same. As a new Christian I thought the job was done: I would get on with my life, but view everything through a Christian lens. I forgot that I had turned my whole life over to Jesus. My ambitions were no longer necessarily God’s ambitions. It took time to realise my conversion was just the start of a journey that would change the way I looked at myself, the world around me and God.   Sometimes I’ve completely stagnated, become distracted and stopped the good work within me from growing. Like a plant longing for sunshine can struggle to survive in the shadow, so I allowed the shade of life events to cut me off from the rays of God’s love and encouragement. A