September 2025.
September is a time of transition. Children are starting at new schools, or moving classes, going to university, or starting a job, or just being at home. This is an important time and helps us move on, take on new challenges and see how well we can deal with new things.
Often success is down to who we have with us, the new friend in the classroom, a role model in the work place, someone to share the time, encourage us and bridge the gap. It helps.
Sometimes transitions come along unexpectedly like ill health, job loss or the death of someone close; then you need to draw on the group of friends you have built up to be there for you as long as it takes. We are blessed if we have these people in our lives.
We also have the store of our own experience and character that we have acquired over the whole of our lives, simple lessons learnt at our mother’s knee, character building incidents that has created resilience. To all of that I would also add prayer and faith; good things to practice when you don’t need them, ready for when you do. I know you can start to pray and believe just in the time of crisis, God will hear and respond, but it is good to learn the skills and practice their use so that when in need they come as an automatic response.
Life is full of change, planned, welcomed, disliked and hard to take onboard. Try and look ahead and guess what might be coming and put in place things that will help body, mind and soul for when you need them or you can help those in need.
Nick
Team Vicar - Tavistock Area Mission Community.