This week we have been considering the fact that the Easter
story is really a story full of surprises or maybe even a tale of the unexpected!
From the time that Jesus rode into Jerusalem until the unexpected event on the
road to Emmaus, things never really turned out as people might have expected.
The twists and turns in the story, the excitement and the disappointment, the
fear and rejoicing, the questions and the unexpected answers.
All of these make
the Easter story a roller coaster of a ride, a story that has so many central
themes, but one clear message, that love is about forgiveness and forgiveness
is God’s love in action, reaching out to the world that he created. As 1 John
3:16 so boldly proclaims, for God so loved the world that he gave his only son
Jesus to bring reconciliation and hope, something that our world continues to
need now as much as it did on that first Easter Sunday.
Our Easter blessing reminds us of God's call to all of us to live out the love and forgiveness that the Easter story is so clearly about.
May the loving power of God,
which raised Jesus to new life,
strengthen us in hope,
enrich us in love,
and inspire us in faith;
So that we can make a difference together.
