Greyfriars  PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

PASTORAL LETTER

My Dear Friends,

"We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done . . ." - Psalm 78:4 [NIV]

"Don't tell anyone. It's a secret", how often have we heard a child whisper a confidence to us. The trouble is with us adults is that so often we talk too freely about things that are confidences or secrets, while things that ought to be spread round the community we keep to ourselves. Like the four leprous men from the besieged city of Samaria in the Old Testament story [2Kings 7] who discovered the good news that the enemy had fled and said to one another, "We're not doing right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves". They went off and shared the news. Do you remember Mark's account of the Resurrection? The women came to the tomb, found the young man/angel who told them, "He has risen!" He further urged them to "go, tell his disciples . . ." However, we are told that the trembling and bewildered women fled from the tomb. "They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid". The group of fearful disciples who locked themselves in the upper room were transformed at Pentecost into a company of fearless preachers and witnesses who went everywhere proclaiming the Good News of Jesus. Are we maintaining a guilty silence or joyfully, winsomely sharing our faith?

 

 

 

Yours very sincerely,

J O Evans

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