It takes only a few moments of reflection to realise that I
have to love something really deeply to bring it back from the dead. It is
self-hatred and disregard for others that keeps our world the way it is. It is
a lack of care on the part of some that imprisons communities and even nations
into endless cycles of poverty, neglect, starvation, unemployment and
hopelessness.
If I love sufficiently, our seas and waterways would be clean
again, stars would reappear, trees would be healthy and green. Moreover, the
strained relationships in families, work-places, offices and schools, the
strange distances between colleagues and family members need only a smile or a
word of love and acceptance to be healed. Who can love enough to resurrect our
world and all who dwell in it?
The only great love that can deal with all this is to focus on
the Easter celebration. It is God’s immense love for Jesus, the Christ. God demonstrated boundless love and affection
for Jesus in a resurrection. Jesus is swept up by God’s immense love and stands
alive with a new kind of life, proclaiming peace and acceptance to all his
friends, even to those who had denied and deserted him in his greatest need.
Jesus associates us with himself and elicits from God the same kind of creative
love that God has for him.
Best wishes to you all for a blessed and peace-filled Easter!
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