Easter! It's such a familiar story that I've heard all my life. The story of Jesus dying and then coming to life again. But what does it mean for me personally? How can I know and experience it now?
I woke up this morning asking the question, What do I need today? Immediately I thought, I want someone to be with. This has been a recurring theme for me. Much of my life I have felt very alone. Some of it has been of my own making. Because of the pain and fear of being hurt I have built high walls to protect myself and even abandoned myself in the process. In my journey,the last several years to find healing and wholeness, I have discovered there is lots of love all around. My job is to open my heart to receive it.
The other day as I was sitting with Jesus, feeling some sadness and pain from the past, he said to me, "I came because I love you and want to be with you! You were sad cause you thought you were losing love. Dry you eyes, my Child, love will never leave you.You will see a resurrection, for that same power that raised me from the dead, is at work in you." What I thought was dead, He is bringing to life.
My past, my pain, my failures, my regrets can't keep me from His love. 2 Corinthians 5:21 "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." The definition of righteous is: free from guilt or sin; in right standing with God.
Love is free. I don't have to earn it. That is why Jesus came. All I have to do is open my heart and receive it.
So for today, Jesus is with me. It may be the kind eyes looking into mine, the gentle hand on my shoulder, the hug from a friend, the irises blooming outside my window, the song Living Hope or Easter dinner shared with a sister. It may simply be sitting with Jesus. He is here. I am not alone.
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