Have you ever picked up a good mystery novel only to read the end of the book before you had ventured very far into it? When you do finally get around to reading all those middle chapters, you already know something the characters don’t and so with a sort of divine perspective you follow the various twists and turns, conflicts and surprises the story uses to move you steadily toward its conclusion. That’s sort of the irony in which we live as believers today who have already celebrated the Easter story time and time again. Because we know the end of the story, we’re able to face the uncertainty of these middle years with an Easter perspective filled with confidence and optimism even in the face of adversity because we know how it ends! The mission of First United Methodist Church is to raise up Easter people who love to tell the Story of Easter in every place, in every language and in every way imaginable. Perhaps this feeling is best captured in one of our favorite hymns “I Love to Tell the Story,”
“I love to tell the story; of unseen things above,
of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story, because I know ‘tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.”
As we enter these final days before we experience the Easter story again, I wonder what difference it might make if we kept the ending of the story clearly in mind as we live in these uncertain middle years? Would the Cross then become a symbol for the courageous, the empty tomb inspiration for the visionaries and our fellowship a reflection of Heaven’s glory? This year we invite you to remember all that God has already given you and then give with gratitude to the Easter campaign at First United Methodist Church so that we may continue to offer hope to those stuck in the middle years of life. Easter Blessings!Email Subscription:
