I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. - Psalm 116:1-2
This is a Holy Week like we have not experienced before. We are not shopping for Easter dresses or coming together in person for our usual services and celebrations. Instead, we are urged to stay home to protect ourselves and others. Strangely, it is out of love that we stay apart for now. Yet a part of this week rings true throughout the ages; God's people cry out to God, God hears their cries, and God responds with self-giving love.
While many people today are hurting, sick, grieving, and worked-to-the-bone because of the coronavirus pandemic, we are praying wholeheartedly for healing and strength for them; lifting our voices to God on their behalf. And now we wait in the valley of the shadow of death for the promise of God to be fulfilled.
It may not feel the same this year, but we are eternally Easter people, as we hold onto the sure and certain knowledge of Christ's death and resurrection. Where once there was death, now there is an empty tomb! So, let's take every chance to embrace God's signs of hope and new life springing up around us, even as we cry out for healing and strength for our world. Hosanna, dear Lord, save us! Alleluia! Amen.
Yours in Christ,
Rev. Amy