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sucha

reliefwhenweseektoc

ooperatewithGod,

ratherth

anexpectinghimtocooperatewithus.

Howcanwemaketheshift?How

arethosewhocan,

achievin

git?Wemovefrommefoc

us,toGodfocusby

ponderinghim,witnessinghim.FollowingPaulswisdom

Beholdingasinaglasstheglory

oftheLord,weare

changed

intothesameimagefrom

glorytoglory,even

asbythespiritoftheLord.

Beholdinghimchangesus.Letsgiv

eitgo.Whoknows?

Wemightjustdiscoverourplaceintheuniverse.May

Godres

cueusfrompoliticalcorrectnesswhichisself-

centred

thinkingforwhenwefinallymeetwiththeGod

ofLove

atthedoorwaytoheaven

asyouapproachlet

ushope

hewillgreetyouwithsixwonderfulwords.Well

done,goodandfaithfulservant.

Colossians1

.15-20/John1.1-14

Makeusin

yourownimageChristh

asfirstplacein

everything!

TheWordbecamefleshandlivedamong

us.

UntilCopern

icuscamealongin1543wehumanbeings

enjoyed

cen

tre

stage.Fathers

could

place

an

arm

aroundtheir

child,pointtothenightsk

y,andproclaim

Theuniverserevolvesaroundus.Lettheotherplanets

hurtlethrough

the

skies.Notus.Westayput.No

orbiting,no

rotating.TheEarthisthe

anchorofthe

universe.

ButthencameNicholas,NicholasCopernicuswithhis

mapsanddrawings,hepointedalonefin

gertowardsthe

sun,andan

nouncedbeholdthecentreofthesolar

system.Peo

pledeniedthefactsforove

rhalfacentury.

WhenGalileolike-minded,theylocked

him

upandthe

Churchkicke

dhimout.

WhatCopern

icusdidfortheEarth,StJo

hndoesforour

souls.Tappingusontheshoulderinthis

purplepassage

JohnI,simplypointstotheSon,Gods

Son,andsays:

Beholdthecentreofitall.Wearentallowedtoofferto

praywithso

meone,wemustntmentionreligionina

hospital.IfyouspeaktoomuchthenameofJesusyoull

bedismissed

fromschool.Wemustsure

lystandupin

loveandbecounted.

Forme,God

raisedChristfromdeathandsathimona

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