Don't give up before Easter.
We have come so far.
Don't give up before we get there.
This is an ongoing story.
This week we don’t say, 'Goodbye and see you next Sunday.'
It’s not as simple as that.
Next week, none of us might be
here
fickle as a crowd at Passover.
This is the story everything
moves towards:
stables and wildernesses,
mountaintops and bedsides.
So far the gospels have simply
been introductions
to this story of the
cost of love.
Everything leads here.
Let us not let Jesus do this on
his own.
Let us accompany him.
Let us be here as he faces the
temple and the anointing,
the betrayer and the denier,
the bread and the wine.
Let us not let Jesus face these on
his own.
It is the least we can do
in response to what Jesus does
for us:
giving of himself,
completely.
So this service does not end
today
but continues tomorrow and each
day this week.
You cannot have Easter without
the passion:
stones don’t roll unless the tomb
is filled,
dawn doesn’t break unless the
darkness rolls in,
resurrection doesn’t happen
unless crucifixion comes first.
You cannot know how to celebrate
Easter
without first living the passion.
So let us journey with Jesus this
week.
Just as we expect him to be here
for us
may we be there for him
and keep the faith alive.
May we hold on for him
when he has to let go.
This is a journey of faith.
May we hold the hope that will let us travel
it.
Go now,
come back soon,
it has only just begun.
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