Photo was taken in North Stainley between Leeds and Harrogate (Eng)
The Tour De France 2014 begins today. It starts in England this year and there is always great excitement and anticipation when this race starts. Towns and villages all along the route go to huge efforts to have their place looking its best. The house in our photo really stands out!! A bit of creativity has made all the difference and it really stands out!! Hopefully the TV cameras will pick it up later today as the cyclists pass through.
Photo is by John Giles/PA Wire
Thought on Saturday – July – 05/07/2014
Thought For The Week
‘Have you ever considered just being yourself? There is no need for you to be some kind of super being in order to measure up to everyone else. Who you are is really quite enough!’ ~Iyanla Vanzant
What a different world we would have if everyone believed this. It really does make sense to just be ourselves, not to be measuring up to all those around us and to be happy with ourselves. The big problem of course is actually making it happen. We are almost programmed to not being happy with who we are and what we have. Hugely clever marketing strategies and advertising subtly create the need to have more. But the more always leads to yet more and it becomes a viscous circle.
The constant link or message throughout the Gospel stories; is the invitation to step out of whatever holds us back or prevents us from being who we are. In many of the stories Jesus allowed people to pull down the masks that disguised who they were. He unburdened them, energised them and encouraged them to live life as it happens. We pray for the confidence to be more comfortable with who we are. We acknowledge our limitations, our weaknesses and our faults. But we also recognise that there is a wealth of good things too and much of it waiting to be discovered. As we begin the month of July today we have lots to look forward to. Let the discovery begin!
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