Weekly Message
At our morning service last Sunday, we considered frailty. Physical frailty can occur at all ages; it affects men and women, rich and poor. It is non-discriminatory. There is an assessment (Rockwood Frailty Score) that determines the scale of our physical frailty, ranging between very fit and terminally ill. In between, there are seven additional stages.
Like our physical bodies, our souls can suffer from frailty. Our souls may be very fit, well, plodding along, vulnerable, frail or even terminally ill. What is the state of your soul?
The good news is that no matter how frail our souls are, it is reversable. Our souls can always be improved. God can heal the frailty of our souls. Only say the words: Heal me! God will then erect the scaffolding required to hold our souls together as they are being restored and built up from within. The Bible is scaffolded by divine promises which contain the spiritual nutrition to move our souls from terminally ill to very fit and well. The scaffolding poles, planks, braces and claps are there to provide added strength.
When your soul is frail, bow at Christ’s feet and ask for strengthening of the divine scaffolding to be erected around you. You will be restored to glory.
Keep, we beseech thee,
O Lord, thy Church
with thy perpetual mercy;
and, because the frailty of man without thee
cannot but fall,
keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Collect i: Trinity VX)
Blessings,
Helene
Revd Canon Dr Helene Steed, Rector
Like our physical bodies, our souls can suffer from frailty. Our souls may be very fit, well, plodding along, vulnerable, frail or even terminally ill. What is the state of your soul?
The good news is that no matter how frail our souls are, it is reversable. Our souls can always be improved. God can heal the frailty of our souls. Only say the words: Heal me! God will then erect the scaffolding required to hold our souls together as they are being restored and built up from within. The Bible is scaffolded by divine promises which contain the spiritual nutrition to move our souls from terminally ill to very fit and well. The scaffolding poles, planks, braces and claps are there to provide added strength.
When your soul is frail, bow at Christ’s feet and ask for strengthening of the divine scaffolding to be erected around you. You will be restored to glory.
Keep, we beseech thee,
O Lord, thy Church
with thy perpetual mercy;
and, because the frailty of man without thee
cannot but fall,
keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful,
and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(Collect i: Trinity VX)
Blessings,
Helene
Revd Canon Dr Helene Steed, Rector
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