easter tuesday...the day after, the day after easter... the holiday hoopla is over and yesterday it rained all day, and today the wind swept me off to work, already entrenched in the to do list of this week...
he is risen, i signed my emails, "he is risen indeed" was a common response. but i didn't write and Easter post, spent the day with my family surrendering my blogging addiction to the greater good ( march madness and movies with my kids;) and i didn't even surf the web until monday eve after work... because i was inundated with the next thing...
"oh lord, i pray, help me not to lose sight of easter, as i live in the shadow of the resurrection...these are the days that you spent with your disciples...reminding them, comforting them, sharing meals and laughter and stories and hope with them...help me not to lose sight of the celebration that lingers until pentacost, but even more importantly, keep in full view the reality of the resurrection and all that it makes possible in my life today. help easter monday to bring such anticipation for easter tuesday, and easter wednesday and so on, that there is little difference in my life today, tomorrow or next week, from my life and heartset on easter morn...that i might be authentically changed by the words..."god has raised him from the dead!" while i celebrate the truth that someday i too, shall be raised, help me to live reborn in the midst of to day and all its gritty details, i can each unfolding day, redeemed in soul and resurrected in spirit.
Wonderful, real prayer. "Gritty" indeed.
Posted by: Connie Knighton | March 30, 2005 at 04:37 PM