Giving Way

If these present days have reminded us of anything, it's how hard we often find it to re-orientate ourselves to change... that involves us taking a pause.

Ours indeed is our world that we think spins constantly around what we do; our days being filled with everything that matters so much in respect to showing just how busy we are. So what happens when the ground is pulled from beneath our feet and we have to re-group and gain a new set of bearings?

When we face such an abyss, we usually loose it and sink in the uncertainty of it all... but that's the opportunity to something good.

Escaping the whirlwind of 'the norm' and facing a world without that, without what we think defines life, allows us to look into what takes up our lives and ask what is this really all about? What are we doing?

When life throws us a curve ball, it's usually because we need to take a pause and deeply think about what counts.

The current crisis has given many the opportunity to invest again into life at home with family and to re-gain some fresh forms of connection, even if that has had to be virtually. It can be a crucible that tests us (parents are nodding loudly), but out of such refinement can grow a new level of connection and bonding that re-affirms the love that we know was there, but this space has given it new room to breathe.

So, what next?
One of my favourite Christian writers noted this week that easter is the time when we witness the 'hauling out' of "pretty floral dresses" as we stand "on the precipice" of the feast, uncertain what to expect...
So she advises that we hurl ourselves off.

It's when we surround ourselves in the vulnerability of love that we become so much more, and easter is all about surrendering ourselves to the love of one who surrendered all to rescue us.

The unexpected, the deeply beautiful, comes so often in the very midst of our struggling out of our depth.
Easter is here to tell us that hope is here, amidst our current trials.

Today, we look to one dying a cruel death not because all we see is tragedy, but encapsulated there is something beyond all our failure and frailty. As He dies, death itself is broken, and sin is removed because He has borne it's consequence.

Dive into that love, and life will truly be changed.

Happy Easter.