Well, if you're still reading this Lent Blog - props to you. You might be one of those people who have a difficult time moving on when time has passed. Okay, that might just be me.
So I was not ready for Easter this year - as you can tell from my last post. Sunday came around and I was not ready to celebrate the risen Jesus. This is not because I don't believe that Jesus really rose from the dead, but rather I was not ready to rise from my season of Lent. But here I am two days late and slowly coming around to embrace the fact that Easter is to remind us to hope.
As Nouwen puts it in the Easter Sunday reading, "There still is fear, there still is a painful awareness of sinfulness, but there also is light breaking through. Something new is happening, something that goes beyond the changing moods of our life. We can be joyful or sad, optimistic or pessimistic, tranquil or angry, but the solid stream of God's presence moves deeper than the small waves of our minds and hearts."
Yes, the season of Lent has passed (except for the Eastern Orthodox who celebrate it this coming Sunday - I probably fit in a little better with their calendar). But, I'm coming to a place of hoping in hope again and in allowing God's presence is walk with me through the mountains and the valleys.
It's been wonderful journeying with all of you through this season. I love you all lots.
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