As the restrictions on Covid-19 begin to ease, we all look forward to a gradual return to some kind of normality. However, for some people, life definitely will not be ‘normal’ for a very long time - perhaps never.

For those who have lost people close to them, life is not going to return to anything familiar. It will be a new, unwelcome change for them. For others who have lost their businesses, or been made redundant, their financial futures will look very different.

So, please do pray for those people affected in these ways. Pray that they will experience the closeness and love of Jesus, the one who will hear their cries for help; the one who will support them in their anguish, and the one who will ultimately offer them hope in an otherwise hopeless situation.

Amen.

Marilyn Appleby