Soon after the month of April begins, we will find ourselves in the upper room watching Jesus wash the feet of His disciples; the next day, we find ourselves at the foot of the cross; and three days later, we will have arrived at the empty tomb - hallelujah and praise the Lord! Christ has risen!

 

Most of us have spent forty days in the wilderness of repentance, fasting, and in other ways preparing for our risen Christ. We used the better part of the past six weeks to focus on our relationship with God wishing to grow as disciples. These past six weeks of denying ourselves simple pleasures or maybe expanding our individual ministries (in ways that often we are the only ones aware of) have hopefully cultivated new habits and tendencies.

 

My prayer is that since you have walked through that wilderness, you have been transformed. You are able to see God's will for you more clearly. Or perhaps, you have developed a new mindset that will provide you with opportunities to see ways for you to serve more unselfishly.

 

Let us not stop here, though. Let us not forsake those new found spiritual disciplines that bring out our Christian heart. Let us not fall back into old habits that never served us well. And let us embrace God’s abundant gifts of grace and mercy as we seek to please Him more and more.

 

Christ has risen! Let us live as children of the Resurrection as we do ministry together!

 

You are loved,

Pastor Karen