I have just experienced what was (to me) a lovely bit of God’s Kingdom. Having been hospital visiting I called into the chapel. A Muslim lady was there setting up her prayer mat and she looked up and gave me a smile. I sat down and started to pray, in my head. The lady was quietly saying the words of her prayer and then she continued praying silently. We were sharing the same space, Muslim and Christian, with God, who met each of us in our own approaches to him. The lady, having finished her prayers, put away her mat and, smiling at me, left the room. It seemed to me that this had been a special time. Family time. God and two sisters. A bit of God’s Kingdom. I’m still smiling!
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