Just a Minute

We watch the leaves turn colour and the chilly mornings tell us that summer is over.

Schoolchildren make their way along our streets once again as a new term starts. For those such as my own daughter, whose first day at school brought joy and tears all round, this Autumn marks the beginning of a new phase in her life.

The Book of Revelation tells us of a new season - and the end of an old one. Jesus will come again and bring a new heaven and a new earth.

Evil, sickness and death will cease to exist. There will be no more sorrow. Chains of injustice, chains of poverty and chains of hatred will fall away, and those who weep will have their tears gently wiped away by the hand of God.