Our family is a supporter of the campaigns driven by Doddie Weir and Rob Burrow, raising awareness of motor neurone disease (MND) and money for research to find a cure.
It was very sad when Doddie passed away in November.
The clock is ticking and do what we may, we can’t stop it.
Science has given us so much hope as we treat disease and find cures to prevent things like polio, smallpox, diphtheria and controlling the spread of cancer, but the bottom line is, we can’t stop the clock.
Science has become to us the god of the universe; with scientific knowledge there is nothing we cannot do.
But science continually disproves itself: the combustion engine – the environmentally friendly solution to the pollution caused by horses in our towns and cities; the dash for gas in the ‘70s – the clean energy solution to coal; and look where we are now.
What started as discovery and understanding has become our god that we look to, to control our future. But we have a hope. Because Jesus rose from the dead we can put our trust in His promises that despite what life throws at us, we can know peace and joy and eternal life in Him.
In 1971, Bill and Gloria Gaither wrote a popular hymn which says ‘Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because He lives all fear is gone. Because I know He holds the future. And life is worth the living because He lives.’
Ian Stewart is a member of Christ Church Wokingham, writing on behalf of Churches Together Wokingham
