Bits and Pieces from Pastor Matt
How else (other than depressed) would we enter the week of Christ’s passion? We all know the story and what lies ahead: Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, trial and crucifixion. Yet, we also know what follows! The empty tomb, resurrection, Easter morning! This is the hope that our faith provides. Alice Freeman Palmer shared in her poem, On A Gloomy Easter, “I hear the robins singing in the rain.
The longed-for Spring is hushed so drearily
That hungry lips cry often wearily,
Oh, if the blessed sun would shine again!
I hear the robins singing in the rain.
The misty world lies waiting for the dawn;
The wind sobs at my window and is gone,
And in the silence come old throbs of pain.
But still the robins sing on in the rain,
Not waiting for the morning sun to break,
Nor listening for the violets to wake,
Nor fearing lest the snow may fall again.
My heart sings with the robins in the rain,
For I remember it is Easter morn,
And life and love and peace are all new born,
And joy has triumphed over loss and pain.
Sing on, brave robins, sing on in the rain!
You know behind the clouds the sun must shine,
You know that death means only life divine
And all our losses turn to heavenly gain.”
The sun will shine, warmth will come and Love conquers death. This is Easter!
Celebrate with your family and with your church! Happy Easter!
Peace on the journey,
Pastor Matt
