Do you feel caught in-between? Yesterday was all the emotion of the Garden of Gethsemane, the betrayal, the trial, the crucifixion, and the burial. That was heavy. Easter has not arrived. Today I feel a kind of lull of emotion. My little calendar shares, “The dewdrop fulfills the Lord’s will as much as the thunderstorm. (unknown author) Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are numbered. So don’t be afraid: you are worth more than many sparrows. (Mt10: 29,31)” I do not believe God actively “wills” death as we had an all time high with the virus yesterday, but I do believe he knows their names, the number of hairs on their head, and walked with them “through the valley of the shadow of death.” Life is so often lived somewhere between the dewdrop of birth and the thunderstorm of death, between hopes and fears, between what and what. Today is the lull, the eye of the storm, but tomorrow we will hear Jesus call Mary by name and ask her, “Why are you weeping?” We must cling to the truth that we are valuable, seen, cared for, and God is working – even on Saturday between Good Friday and Easter. I will post an Easter worship script this afternoon for our virtual service. Our celebration together virtually impacts reality! Blessings.
On the Way to Wonder 