Easter

Hallelujah! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!Where will you see him risen? This Sunday we celebrate the awe and wonder of the Easter miracle. We admire the lilies, drink in the sounds of triumphant brass instruments and consider the mystery of new life. We pray and give thanks. We feast with family and friends. But Easter is about more than one Sunday a year. Our Easter celebrations are good and right, and they inspire our faith. But will you stand on your toes, or bend over low, like Peter, to find the Risen Christ? Will you look for him alive in the unexpected, forgotten places of this world? Will you climb higher than you think you can, to find him offering a new way of living to those who have too much? Will you prostrate yourself on hands and knees, to find him among the lowly and marginalized? After all, Jesus was not where the disciples expected him to be that early morning. Will you keep your eyes open for the One who offers such astounding grace, to all, in such unexpected, unprecedented ways? Mary Magdalene unexpectedly said, “I have seen the Lord!” May you truly see the Risen Christ anew this Easter. -Rev. Meredith Vanderminden Fellowship Reflections,  www.umfellowship.org