Dearly beloved in Christ,
“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,Whispering ‘it will be happier’…” – Alfred Tennyson
Wishing you all a blessed and happier days ahead. 2018 has sprouted with new hopes, blessings and all its fullness. Only Jesus offers us life in all its fullness. Only through Christ we can lead a life worthy of our calling. Our worthiness stems from Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. This indwelling will help us resist temptation, overlook insults, reduce stress, build calmness, experience solace, offer the best to God, share our blessings with fellow beings and thereby have a fruitful life worthy of calling.
Many people are toiling to spread out the seed of hope. We need to have a confidence building exercise at all levels of life. Many are raising questions about the future of the Church. Here we have to invest our time and expertise in rekindling the spirit of joy within the Church.Prayerful participation in Church activities is inevitable. Pray, Participate, Pro-exist and Prosper in all our endeavors and to have a spiritual dwelling. Powerful interventions are needed in Society to raise certain slogans in the light of the ‘Word of God’. We need to select the entry points carefully. Intervene in societal problems wherever we can, progressive discourses will help in future course of action.
The calling of the church will come to its fullness in with relation to the society only. Considering the ‘other’, itself make a change in the world. That is the message we witnessed in Christmas-incarnation. God for the sake of Humankind, with full of love gave a new ‘hope’,showed to us that God’s love is unending and unconditional. We are called to witness ‘this’ incarnation-al love to the ‘other’. Let this 2018 be a year of challenge to qualify the ‘call’ for a worthy living.
God bless you all!
Levin Achen
