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Had a great Easter weekend this year.
I was working on the above monologue in Holy Week – Mary Magdalene reflecting on the first Easter Sunday. Spending time thinking about her life and what she might have thought and felt about Jesus really got me in the Easter Zone this year. Plus the journey of Passover on the Thursday – Walk of Witness on Friday built to a fantastic celebration of God’s goodness on Sunday. I think it was the best Easter Service I’ve ever been to.
How brilliant of God to time the completion of buying Oak Tree’s new building so that the announcement was made on Sunday! Of course the resurrection is the most important thing to celebrate – but finally getting 216 after three years of waiting certainly helped everyone get into the right mood!
I think the theme of ‘Transformation’ worked brilliantly because it reminds us all how we have been transformed through the resurrection power and love of Jesus. Each song we sang in worship could have been sung by Mary Magdalene of her life as well as by me of mine. Our version of cardboard testimonies went down really well too. There were tears all round as God’s goodness in the lives of people we see every week was displayed proudly at the front.
The enemy is really trying to drag me down with worries at the mo – I hate him for stealing joy from me about money and the future. God is my joy – even if/when troubles do come. Last night at branch we talked about the two builders – I KNOW my house is on the rock – so why do I fear the wind and the lashing rain?
I am praying for a renewed peace and stronger faith….
I pray the joy and transforming power of the resurrection is deep in your life this week and always!!