I want to say a little something about Easter. It's going to happen tomorrow. When we wake up in the morning it will be Easter morning. If there is snow on the ground it will be Easter. If it is sunny and warm it will be Easter. If you are alone or if you are with a spouse, if your house is quiet or filled with many voices of loved ones it will either way be Easter.

     An official definition of the day is: "the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ " 

     We don't need Easter hats as a friend and I did some 35 years ago when we were blessed to celebrate it together. We don't need imaginations as my little brothers and I did one Easter when we convinced ourselves that we saw the Easter bunny in the pulp wood pile by the driveway as we peered out the bedroom window. We don't even need fancy Easter cakes...and most of us can remember the late nights and extravagant artistic endeavors we put ourselves through to decorate such for our kids. We really just need to wake up. It will be there. A reminder, a time of celebration of the reality of the amazing gift to the world.... Christ Alive.

     

Just as we add restraints and self imposed regulations on our lives as our way of protecting ourselves from the present pandemic...we as a people have imposed self regulating behavior and restrictions on the joy of living in order to protect ourselves from the curse of death. Why don't we just praise Him tomorrow for His Pathway to Himself that we were granted access to through the Death and Resurrection of Jesus...Our longing and hope fulfilled. The promise of life, the peace of now. Whatever the circumstances.

Walking the Way

Charlene