Apart from a little trip out to the carnage of Sainsbury's to get some chocolate eggs for services tomorrow, and a lunch appointment for a 70th birthday party, I have done very little today except sleep, be in a daze, write two services, go back to sleep, nurse headache, write a third service and still be in a daze.
I wonder how disciples felt today after it all. Dazed, confused, overwhelmed, numb. They certainly were not expecting tomorrow as it turned out.
I hope for an Easter Day that is a surprise. Most of all tomorrow we celebrate a God who is ever unpredictable and who never says you cannot do that. A lesson for sleepy churches who are tired and who have always done it this way. I've had a long conversation with a minister tonight in despair about uncooperative people and everything being his fault. He said "people get the sort of church they deserve." I understand what he means. If we anticipate God, if we embrace what might be, we will be a fab place to be. If we moan, if we dare not, if we don't do resurrection, then Lord help us, we deserve to die.
Have a day of wonder my friends. Sleep well tonight!
No comments:
Post a Comment