Spring!
It’s Easter weekend, the time when Christian congregations around the world commemorate Christ’s resurrection, the remembrance of the empty tomb where passionate women friends of Jesus discovered the fulfilment of prophecy. For modern Christians, Easter is the celebration of spiritual renewal and the hope of eternal life for those who believe.
For other Americans, it is a happy weekend of family gatherings, Sunday lunches, children in brightly colored outfits and Easter egg hunts.
It’s also spring, the time when Nature’s message of renewal is just as passionate as Easter itself. Here in East Texas, green has miraculously returned to bare branches and sleeping sod. Flowers of every hue shout their songs of celebration and new life. Animals large and small seem reinvigorated for this season of procreation and birth.
While our human lives are often more driven by work deadlines, school assignments and family responsilibities, we would do well to affirm our natural selves this time of year, to find ways to use this month to experience resurrection, both spiritually and personally–embracing the idea of a new lease on life, a chance to start again, fresh beginnings, bright hope.
Think about your own life this Easter:
- With the long, cold months of winter over, what darkness do you need to leave behind?
- As the world blossoms with color, how can you experience celebration and creativity with those you love?
- While birds build nests and mother animals give birth, what can you do to insure our childrens’ future?
- As caterpillars are being transformed into butterflies, what relationships of yours need to be renewed?
- Now that plants and trees are growing again, what part of your life needs new attention and growth or even change?
Let’s celebrate Easter with all the joy it represents. Let’s welcome Spring and experience a time for renewal. Let’s use our lives for more than self-absorbed day-to-day living. Let’s be Passionate about the Future, working together towards the Greater Good!
When We Experience Renewal,
We Can Be a Blessing!
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