We are the Easter people...
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"We are the Easter people," say Avery and Marsh in their song. What kind of nearly 21st century witnesses to the resurrection are we? Passive spectators, bystanders, mere onlookers? Or are we active witnesses to pay close attention, observers, watchers? Can anyone tell by our actions that we are trying to live a Christian life? I don't mean wearing a cross about the neck or using the night words. I mean living as if we heard the promise of Easter.
How is that? For a starter, living as a forgiven person. Living as a person who is forgiving. Living as if your very life is worth something to you, to those around you, to God. Living as if you count. Living as if others count. And knowing, thank God, that to be Easter people, we need not be perfect.
Easter people to not come wrapped in neat, finished kits complete with all the answers. Easter people are free to grow. Easter people can choose to take a leap of faith. Easter people can hear the inner questions without discarding them or discrediting ourselves as witnesses.
Knowing we are children of God gives us the courage to be Easter people. As children of God, as Easter people, we offer ourselves the benefit of a doubt.
--Brauninger
How is that? For a starter, living as a forgiven person. Living as a person who is forgiving. Living as if your very life is worth something to you, to those around you, to God. Living as if you count. Living as if others count. And knowing, thank God, that to be Easter people, we need not be perfect.
Easter people to not come wrapped in neat, finished kits complete with all the answers. Easter people are free to grow. Easter people can choose to take a leap of faith. Easter people can hear the inner questions without discarding them or discrediting ourselves as witnesses.
Knowing we are children of God gives us the courage to be Easter people. As children of God, as Easter people, we offer ourselves the benefit of a doubt.
--Brauninger
