Happy
Easter/Resurrection Sunday Everyone! Since the term Easter refers to
a pagan fertility holiday, personally and for the purposes of this
blog, which focus’s on Christianity, I will refer to this day as
Resurrection Sunday from this point forward. I hope your day thus
far has been a joyful celebration of our risen Lord and a remembrance
of the resurrecting power of God. My prayer for you (and for
myself) is that all of the promises of God that you thought were
dead… dreams, relationships, careers, etc… be resurrected this
day and that the pain of the Good Fridays in our lives be a distant
memory.
Easter/Resurrection Sunday Everyone! Since the term Easter refers to
a pagan fertility holiday, personally and for the purposes of this
blog, which focus’s on Christianity, I will refer to this day as
Resurrection Sunday from this point forward. I hope your day thus
far has been a joyful celebration of our risen Lord and a remembrance
of the resurrecting power of God. My prayer for you (and for
myself) is that all of the promises of God that you thought were
dead… dreams, relationships, careers, etc… be resurrected this
day and that the pain of the Good Fridays in our lives be a distant
memory.
I read my horoscope the other day and
found it very interesting. I NEVER read horoscopes because I don’t
believe in astrology, but after reading my cousins I thought, “what
the heck”. Some of it was accurate, but what I found most
interesting was it’s emphasis on group dynamic. I don’t “do”
groups. Never have, never will. I’m much better on my own or with a
mate (I’ve only had one and he died) and a few close friends. This
allows people to come in and out of my life at will. That way,
everyone has space to grow and no one becomes burdensome.
found it very interesting. I NEVER read horoscopes because I don’t
believe in astrology, but after reading my cousins I thought, “what
the heck”. Some of it was accurate, but what I found most
interesting was it’s emphasis on group dynamic. I don’t “do”
groups. Never have, never will. I’m much better on my own or with a
mate (I’ve only had one and he died) and a few close friends. This
allows people to come in and out of my life at will. That way,
everyone has space to grow and no one becomes burdensome.
Now
I bet your wondering how this refers to Resurrection Sunday… and
I’m just getting to that. Jesus was a member of a group, a large
religious group, however he spent most of his time with twelve close
friends. Within his small group, he experienced very few problems.
He wasn’t always understood, but most of the twelve (all but one)
loved and respected him. Christ‘s problems really started with the
larger group who was afraid of how his message would effect them`,
and their position in it. So in an attempt to “nip it in the bud”
(the message that is) they accused him of a crime he didn’t commit
and had him crucified .
Now when I spoke to my cousin about her
horoscope and my views on groups, we had a long discussion about the
pros and cons of belonging to them. Her take on group dynamic is
that you can move at will in and out of groups and change groups
whenever you want, but I don’t believe that this is the case and I
think the story of Christ’s crucifixion supports this. Life requires
movement and growth. Nothing living ever remains the same. Groups
have a tendency to stop growth and that to me is worse than death.
And it doesn’t really matter what large group you belong to, the
larger the group, the larger the structure, the greater the conflict.
horoscope and my views on groups, we had a long discussion about the
pros and cons of belonging to them. Her take on group dynamic is
that you can move at will in and out of groups and change groups
whenever you want, but I don’t believe that this is the case and I
think the story of Christ’s crucifixion supports this. Life requires
movement and growth. Nothing living ever remains the same. Groups
have a tendency to stop growth and that to me is worse than death.
And it doesn’t really matter what large group you belong to, the
larger the group, the larger the structure, the greater the conflict.
In Christ’s case, the leaders of the
larger group he belonged to, decided the only way to handle Christ’s
message and his mission to help others grow spiritually was to
demonize him, and bring up on charges of calling himself a king,
which would be the equivalent of treason today, and have Him
executed… and the funny thing is that it should have worked, but we
all know it didn’t. In fact, just the opposite happened. Instead of
squashing Christ’s message and the impact of his small band of
followers, Christ’s crucifixion and subsequent resurrection
catapulted Jesus’ message throughout Asia minor and ultimately the
entire world. That one act of intolerance literally changed the
world.
larger group he belonged to, decided the only way to handle Christ’s
message and his mission to help others grow spiritually was to
demonize him, and bring up on charges of calling himself a king,
which would be the equivalent of treason today, and have Him
executed… and the funny thing is that it should have worked, but we
all know it didn’t. In fact, just the opposite happened. Instead of
squashing Christ’s message and the impact of his small band of
followers, Christ’s crucifixion and subsequent resurrection
catapulted Jesus’ message throughout Asia minor and ultimately the
entire world. That one act of intolerance literally changed the
world.
So my prayer for you (and me) at the
beginning of this post, that the pain of the Good Friday’s in our
lives… of our crucifixions, become a distant memory, is based on
the knowledge of the greatest comeback story in human history. He
lived again on that first resurrection Sunday two thousand years ago,
He lives today and lives in you and me and can cause all that we
thought was lost to be resurrected.
beginning of this post, that the pain of the Good Friday’s in our
lives… of our crucifixions, become a distant memory, is based on
the knowledge of the greatest comeback story in human history. He
lived again on that first resurrection Sunday two thousand years ago,
He lives today and lives in you and me and can cause all that we
thought was lost to be resurrected.
