Good morning everyone, it is bright and sunny here today :-)

Today's Bible reading:

John 5:1-18, Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

And the hymn:

103

1. O Christ the same, through all our story’s pages

our loves and hopes, our failures and our fears;

eternal Lord, the King of all the ages,

unchanging still, amid the passing years -

O living Word, the source of all creation,

who spread the skies, and set the stars ablaze,

O Christ the same, who wrought our whole salvation,

we bring our thanks to you for all our yesterdays.

2. O Christ the same, the friend of sinners sharing

our inmost thoughts, the secrets none can hide,

still as of old upon your body bearing

the marks of love, in triumph glorified

O Son of Man, who stooped for us from heaven,

O Prince of life, in all your saving power,

O Christ the same, to whom our hearts are given,

we bring our thanks to you for this the present hour.

3. O Christ the same, secure within whose keeping

our lives and loves, our days and years remain,

our work and rest, our waking and our sleeping,

our calm and storm, our pleasure and our pain

O Lord of Love for all our joys and sorrows,

for all our hopes, when earth shall fade and flee,

O Christ the same, beyond all our brief tomorrows, We bring our thanks to you for all that is to be.

Timothy Dudley-Smith (b.1926)

Wishing you all a good and blessed day.