Monthly Message
February 2026
FOR WHAT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED?
For what will you be remembered? Having been to a few and planned a funeral recently, listening to all the memories got me thinking what would be said at my funeral? She had a love of animals, could cook well, loved to travel? But it also got me thinking who would still be talking about me say ten years after I am gone? One hundred years? One thousand years? I don't think I have made that big an impact to be talked about; not like Jesus. We are coming up to Lent on the 18th of February, with Ash Wednesday, and it’s been nearly 2000 years since he spent 40 days and nights in the wilderness, nearly 2000 years since he died for us. In his short time he made a huge impact on the world around him, so much so it was written down and we can read the New Testament, translated into over 1,500 languages still today. We can remember Jesus’ life through his parables, his many miracles, his teachings. Christians around the world still talk about Jesus, still remember his love, his life after 2000 years. Most of us won’t make that kind of impact on the world to be remembered for that long, but God will remember us, he remembers us all , he calls us by our name, for we have followed his teachings, we have followed the path he laid for us, we are loved by him. So let us remember this Lent all the Christians in the village, in Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom, in the world as we journey together this Lent to share the stories of our faith once again.
Rebecca Washington
Trinity Elder