DURING the winter months everything looks bleak in my garden pond.
The goldfish lie low, and if I see one I panic, because the herons can see it too.
Even at the start of spring, everything in it still seems dead, except for vegetation and water snails.
But then there’s a film of spawn, and soon we get glimpses of gold.
Finally we’re able to start hoping for an explosion of life – a surge of fish and frogs!
Slowly but surely fear gives way to hope and the beginnings of faith, as evidence of the new life hoped for starts to grow.
In the 40 days following Easter, various member of Jesus’ family and community encountered him.
More than 500 people, according to one report.
But to have an impact that would ripple through history these glimpses and encounters would have to become something more permanent. So at Pentecost the Church was born, a firm witness to the events of Easter.
But the real evidence was the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, an event and power that still transforms lives for the better today.
Too often it is not that Jesus’ way has been tried and found wanting.
Rather, it has not been wanted, and so not tried.
But if you do want to give it a go, try going to a church while the sun’s out and the days are long.
Ask those already there how it has changed their lives up to now.
And before you go, ask God to meet you there.
Sunday services take place at Kings Church, Station Road, at 10.30am, with coffee served from 10am.
For information, visit: kingschurch.org.uk
