The question YES or NO will have far-reaching consequences, alienated communities, divided families and even separated church congregations. In a recent TV debate the candidates for both sides agreed on the need of justice and fairness but disagreed on how it could be achieved. In the coming months we can pray that there will no longer be us and them, only us in the communities that have recently become divided. The eyes of the world are on us, perhaps wondering how we deal with our differences.On Radio 4 Thought for the Day on Wednesday the Rev Lorna Hood suggested that we look at Jesus’s disciples. Matthew the tax collector and Simon the Zealot were divided in their politics and opinions of how Jesus’s mission could be accomplished. Yet with His guidance they took God’s message of love and hope to the ends of the earth.
Scotland: After the vote
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- Pray: that Scotland finds unity and identity beyond the vote and comes together once again as a nation. (Lk.11:1-4)
- More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026tzbw