09.05.08

Easter in September

Posted in General Blog Post at 6:58 pm by Pastor Don

Dear Friends:

I’m here in the garden celebrating an Easter lily in September. What a beauty! A 40-inch lily plant in the middle of a garden. I like to plant some of the spring lilies from the Easter service, knowing that they will bloom again in the same year. Fun, and a good reminder that Easter continues.

Easter in September…is it possible to celebrate it in September? What a shame if we have to wait until April 12, 2009 to celebrate Easter. The Gospel story says that we don’t have to wait at all. The Christian life style is a means of celebrating Easter on a daily basis. The songs says, “I serve a risen savior, He’s in the world today…….You ask me how I know He lives; He lives within my heart.”

And so for the Christian, each day is a little Easter, serving the risen Christ in all walks of life, whether at home, work, play, school, market, highway, and Church. As a Christian Church, we celebrate that we are an Easter community, understanding that no person is hopeless, that Christ can work an Easter in anybody…even in September.

If ever, you’d like to talk about it, let me know. Stop by, pick up a Bible if you wish, enjoy the possibility of newness. It’s a reality of the Christian life (”If anyone is in Christ, he/she is a new creation”, II Cor. 5:l6). Come on by. The coffee’s fresh. The lights are on.

Your friend, Pastor Don

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