Ashburnham Chapel

Thought for the month

 As I write this we have just had a very wild night with very high winds and lashing rain.

Our Power went off at 10 pm and we sat waiting for our generator to ‘kick in’ but nothing happened. Typical, I thought, we only need it on very few occasions and when it is needed nothing happens.

I didn’t feel I could call the electrician out at that hour of the night so we went to bed with a torch. However when we woke in the morning the power was still off and the generator was just bleeping at us, so I rang the electrician who very kindly came to our rescue and arrived about 20 minutes after my call. 2 minutes later the generator burst into life and the electrician informed me that because we had not had to use it for a long time the battery was flat. “How can it be?”, I asked, we have a ‘trickle charger” plugged in all the time to keep the battery ‘topped up’? After a couple of tests the electrician told me that the trickle charger wasn’t working. I couldn’t believe it, all our efforts to ensure that we have electricity in the event of a power cut had failed!

Usually November is a fairly quiet month in terms of ‘things going on’ and I am sure some of you will be out getting your Christmas Shopping done. The Chapel Carol Service is on the 6th December at 6-30 pm and the Offering will be given to the local McMillan Nurses who I am sure you will agree do a fantastic job in our Community

I have a hymn going round and round in my head today called:- I the Lord of Sea and Sky the chorus of which says; Here I am Lord, Is it I, Lord; I have heard You calling in the night, I will go, Lord, if you lead me, I will hold Your people in my heart. From this hymn I have turned my attention today to Isaiah 6 which is headed God calls Isaiah to Be a Prophet – In verse 8 Isaiah answers the Lord and says “I will go! Send me!” (Good News Bible) Daniel Schute who wrote both the words and the music obviously new his Bible well!

The book of Isaiah is a favourite of mine, he did so many strange things like going naked and bare foot for 3 years, Isaiah 20 v 2-3

Under the instruction of Our Lord he gave his children prophetic names – his first son Shear-Jashub which means “a remnant shall return” Isaiah 7v3

His second son he called Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz meaning “quick to the plunder, speedy to the prey” Isaiah 8 v 1-4

Isaiah also predicted the coming of the Messiah, Isaiah 7v14, Isaiah 9 v 6-7, Isaiah 11 v 1-9

Scholars argue how many times Isaiah spoke of the coming of Jesus but there are many, see how many you can find!

God Bless you all, 

Fay