Easter
April 5, 2015
Scripture Reading: Mark 16:1-8
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.’ So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
We serve a risen Savior. He is in the world today and we are the conduits of his love.
I might too have been scared silent had I been with the women that morning. It was a lot to take in. The world had radically changed in the blink of an eye. The lives of all would never be the same again.
I had dinner yesterday evening with a group of advocates striving to move a major mountain. Most think it cannot be done. The fire that stirred once more among that gathering said this mountain can be moved. I believe, and the other gospels tell us that when these women got their wits about then, they did go and tell and we have heard their message today. We have been empowered by this wind of change to go forth and move mountains, to make people whole, to make people one, and to implement justice throughout our land. Let the Kingdom come, let God’s will be done.
Prayer: Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Amen.