For
Christians, this past weekend culminated the solemn and holy conclusion of lent
and the joyous time of Easter Sunday.
The
truths, of a teaching Jesus, amplify the redemptive belief of the crucifixion
and remind us that choosing joy is also part of daily living.
His
death on the cross was a Divine choice of unconditional love, not an action to
engender sorrow or retribution.
In
these times of fear and protection, let us not forget the many lessons of the
Cross.
Jesus
died teaching forgiveness. He preached that we should look at our world with
compassion and love in our hearts, not with the narrowness of a blinded and
dispassionate ego mired in retribution.
Through
his own suffering, the Anointed One asked that we choose love as the
celebration of life and the way to honor the Divine within ourselves and
others.
It
is often hard to embrace the centuries old message of Easter when we are mired
in seeming fear and worry from terrorist’s threats. When we are occupied with
concern for our service men and women and their safety in so many fields of
harm and when the recession engenders a lack of hope.
Easter
for Christians around the world is a time of renewal and rebirth, not only of
one’s faith, but also of the joy and peace that is supposed to come from the
practice of that faith.
There
is good in all faiths, all religions, and in all beliefs. It is man who creates
the differences and the conflicts, believing that is the way to worship the one
God of many names.
I
hope your Easter experience and earthly renewal was and is sacred and amplifies
your hopes and wishes.
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