Easter... He is Risen!

(A dear friend Beth writes these wonderful devotionals)

Even before Easter Sunrise...

........the earth rumbles the silent explosion into actuality...

LOVE IS ALIVE... the LORD IS RISEN IN NEED!

Even in the cold that continues to hold back the blossoming of spring...

Even in the raindrops that fall and saturate the ground with tears....

Even in the midst of hurling winds that bend the trees and limbs into submission...

LOVE IS ALIVE... in the light and the dark... the sun and the shadows... the sleeping and the waking... whether dormant or active... in stillness and fury... in sickness and in health... in plenty and in need... with old and young... individuals and families... inside and out... up or down... right or left... wondering and believing... happy or sad... alone or grouped... questioning or answering... right or wrong... in doubt or in hope...

It is time to remember GOD'S LOVE IS RISEN INDEED!

GOD'S LOVE bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. GOD'S LOVE NEVER ENDS...

For all of time and eternity... for people of every culture and tradition... for every creation in heaven and on earth and in space beyond...

GOD'S LOVE IS ALIVE!

NOTHING can separate us from God's love that is poured out continually... molded in and around us... filling us up... and flowing within and without... restoring and renewing...breathing in resurrection and life everlasting.

It is time to remember again and again that loving one another draws us nearer to the heart of God and to the meaning of life more abundant!

REJOICE! GOD LOVES YOU ALWAYS!

The Lord is risen.... LOVE IS ALIVE INDEED!


Beth Bondurant