“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."
— 2 Corinthians 3:17 NRSV
How do you celebrate Easter? Is it time to break out the chocolate you put away for Lent? Give thanks for blessings? Sing a few hallelujahs? Or perhaps its just more of the same old for you? Another long weekend? A day off work? An opportunity to sleep-in?
I have to say that after two years of the pandemic, it feels like there is freedom in just being able to celebrate Easter this year; attend services without mandates; visit family and friends without restrictions.
Whatever the day holds for you I hope you will feel God in the warm sun, the melting snow, the greening grass, the budding trees and the longer days. I pray you will experience resurrection in the touch of a loved one, the smile of a friend, and the deep breath you draw into your being when you step outside that morning.
And wherever you feel the Spirit of God that day may you also feel a sense of freedom: freedom to soar, freedom to laugh, freedom to sing, freedom to cry, freedom to love, freedom to be. This year, I pray that you will feel free; knowing that because of Easter morning, you are! Hallelujah! Christ is risen!
