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The Curate's Corner
Dear Good People of St. Mark’s,
Summer is here - a time for rest
and relaxation, vacation, and most especially a little
fun in the sun. This change in seasons and in daily
life gives us a very important opportunity for something
many of us do not do often enough - reflection. Think
about what the normal lifestyle is for our society. We
fly from one thing to another filling our lives with
anything and everything, until we are burned out. Thus,
when we are able to take time off we have to literally
stop everything and this leaves no room for any sort of
reflection.
Yet this time of year we are given
a magnificent occasion to slow our lives down. Not just
for a couple of vacation weeks but rather, for a season
in order that we may begin to reflect upon our lives
especially when it comes to our relationship with God.
Growth in the Christian Faith is extremely hard to
attain without some sort of reflection upon what God is
doing in each our lives.
As we strive to take advantage of
this time it may be good for you to begin with what has
been for many a very profitable exercise. Contemplate
your life for the last ten to fifteen years and then ask
yourself, “How has God given growth in my life so that I
have become closer to Him?” My brothers and sisters in
Christ, God is about the business of sanctifying each of
us; He is bringing us closer to Him and His ways on a
daily basis. Through this reflection may we realize
this important fact and begin to more and more open our
lives to His sanctifying grace.
My prayer for each of us in this
summer season is that we take advantage of the gift God
has given us for rest and relaxation, a little fun in
the sun, and some very important reflection.
Faithfully in
Christ,
The Rev. Charles A.
Hough, IV 
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