Easter is here! A season of joy, renewal and praising God for what Jesus did for salvation.
Did you make time this past Lent to read God's word regularly?
Have you feasted on the emotions of the Passion, and are now filled with joy as, with the disciples, see that Jesus is risen, alive for evermore?
Does it make you breathless in wonder at how the disciples 'missed' what Jesus had be saying all along?
Jesus said many things to the disciples as he walked with them.
They travelled the road of Galilee, and they discussed the Scriptures that they had been schooled in as good Jewish boys.
The gospels tell us that Jesus often withdrew to the lonely places. Solitude and silence formed a part of the whole. Ministry among the multitudes was not forgotten as Jesus quietly prayed.
Jesus neither idolised silence nor denied the need for reflection and quieting of mind, body and spirit.
Jesus blew their minds with talk of having to suffer and die. Peter famously rebuked Jesus for this negativity, yet Jesus knew who he was, and why he had come.
And Jesus understood that he spoke the words of God.
George Fox encouraged the Friends to "Tremble at the Word of God".
Jesus has spoken, in word, and in deed. Let us take time to contemplate this.
Let's make sure that we have space to inwardly 'tremble' at the magnificence of what Jesus has accomplished for our salvation as we enjoy the season of Easter.
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And silence, then -
Trust breathes.
God is not in the earthquake
or the whirlwind
But, the stillness -
Quiet.
Can you hear?
When he walked by Galilee
He saw them: ruddy fishers,
As they hauled and swore.
And silence, then -
He called them.
Breathless trust, as silent
runners towards a tomb but
He's not there.
And silence.
Then, they would slowly understand.
(c) JCV 24-09-2018
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