2020 Life
My friend asked a really great question yesterday.
She was pondering how to focus more on Easter in the midst of the Covid crisis and the suffering of a close friend and family in the hospital. Perhaps that is exactly it. Perhaps Easter is about all those things.
Friday: longing, suffering, loss, loneliness, abandoned hope, darkness and pain.
Saturday: quietness, burying, death, confusion, fear, abandonment.
Sunday: surprise, amazement, worship, gathering, celebration, hope, future, courage, joy!
If we feel any or all of those feelings this Easter, then we ARE ready for Easter weekend! Perhaps we will be able to experience the new life that Christ brought to us, to this world, in a new way. Let’s permit ourselves to feel what we feel, and watch and listen for God’s voice in the midst of it all.
Let’s experience this unique Easter season of 2020 with an open heart to what God may want to reveal to us about Himself, about ourselves and about this world. This weekend could be the most meaningful Easter we’ve ever experienced because in the absence of routine, and the unsettledness of our hearts, we may truly understand and experience anew the meaning of new life in Jesus Christ!