This week, until 22 November, Kevin Mayhew Ltd are offering 10 per cent off No Ordinary Stories: Meditations and Worship Material on the Parables. With the book normally retailing at £19.99, that means a saving of £2.00 using the code THESEASONS10 when ordering the book from the company’s website. Just type the code into the relevant box at the online checkout between the dates given.
Meanwhile, here’s the second of the sessions I’ll be posting this week from the book, to run alongside this promotion.
The spent battery
‘Ever Ready’, they called it,
but it wasn’t,
for, like any other battery,
it soon ran dry,
completely drained after a few days’ service,
of no use at all.
Yes, it still looked the part,
enough to fool anyone,
but when put to the test the truth became clear:
it was an empty shell,
devoid of life.
I like to think I’m ready, Lord –
to serve you,
respond to your call
and welcome you when you come again –
but am I actually anywhere near it,
or has the life that coursed within me drained away,
energy and enthusiasm dissipated,
leaving behind a discipleship that flatters to deceive?
Come, Lord, and fill me afresh,
that I may live and work for you.
Amen.