SO that’s the party political conference season finished for another year.

After all the speeches have been delivered, and the media has analysed every word spoken (or not spoken!), one of the things you frequently hear people say (rightly or wrongly) is “Politicians just don’t know what it’s like for ordinary people”.

And that’s often what people say about God (if they believe there is a God).

“He’s out there somewhere, but He doesn’t know what it’s like to be me and He doesn’t care!”

However, looking in the Bible, we see that God came down to Earth as a person, Jesus, and lived among ordinary people.

He worked for a living, struggled to make ends meet, had responsibilities and knew the full range of human emotions. He knows what it’s like to be an ordinary person, like you and me.

Christians believe that Jesus is alive today and that we have a God who knows what it’s like to be human, who loves us and hears and answers our prayers when we call out to him.