Eastertide Struggle

Eastertide Struggle

I read the news

and am filled with sadness

fear

and hopelessness

I mull the devastations of the day

until I cannot eat

can barely breathe

My garden is beginning to bloom

Lettuce is growing in the greenhouse

Water flows easily from my faucets

Food fills my cupboards

Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus

and

Looking forward to Pentecost’s exuberance

offer little condolence to the atrocities happening all over

Suddenly strength comes to me

Strength of Resurrection

Strength of the Pentecost breeze

Prayers of blessing flow

for healing

for life

for fifth or fiftieth chances

I forgot that celebrating Easter and Pentecost

isn’t about me being saved or holy

It is about me

being involved

in prayers of blessing

actions toward life

getting in the way

to be vulnerable

in love

By Rev AnnMarie Kneebone