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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel

Good morning.

It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than four years since the Brexit Referendum took place. The referendum uncovered our deep divisions as a nation. Tumultuous times followed. Between 2016 and 2019 we had three different Prime ministers and two General Elections.

The dominant political topic in that period was Brexit, Brexit and more Brexit. We even developed Brexit fatigue. We grew tired of talking, arguing, disagreeing, preaching and even praying about Brexit.

Once we were in the grip of a global pandemic, however, Brexit became far less of a priority for most of us. That experience raised the question, ‘What are our priorities?’

It’s often remarked, that no one on their deathbed ever says, ‘I wish I’d spent more time at work.’ As we draw near to the end of life we often begin to see that some things to which we’ve given priority, might not be that important, after all.

It’s caused me to wonder, what might be some of the things which we’re currently making a priority, but which upon reflection, may well turn out to be of lesser importance in the long run? And what steps might we need to take now, so that by the time we get to our death bed, however near or far that might be, the list of things we wish we’d done differently, and given more time to, is a short one?

God of beginnings and endings,
Creator of Time and Space:
in your Wisdom,
give us clarity of insight
to discern and to focus
on those things that matter most.
Enable us, by your Spirit, to elevate
the important above the immediate
and to expend our energies on
building a future better than our past.

Amen.

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