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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Marjorie and I'm a Baptist minister in a city centre church in Sheffield
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Our theme this week is all about waiting. Often we don't like waiting
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I grew up in Dublin and the bus system was terrible. I have memories of waiting and waiting for the bus that would never come
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Maybe it would come, maybe it wouldn't. There is a good waiting and there is very difficult waiting in life
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We love the sense of anticipation in the run-up to Christmas or a birthday
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and then it's not the same when it is all over. It is a good anticipation
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Waiting for exam results or for the telephone to ring with medical results is very different
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The difference being any sense of waiting where we do not know the outcome
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or we fear the result fills us with fear and anxiety. What if? Most fear in life has its roots in the unknown and the waiting, the what ifs
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In a world of ever-changing events and environments, the Bible shows us how to be faithful, not fearful
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And instead of being downcast, how to lift our heads. In 1 Peter chapter 4 in the Bible, Peter, who was one of Jesus' closest friends
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who witnessed the resurrection, tells us how we should wait this side of history
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We are to keep close to God in prayer. We are to keep perspective
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Let love be our goal and may we practice forgiveness. May we serve one another and show mercy as has been shown to us
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And these truths remain true today
