Happy Easter!

I know that Easter was actually on Sunday, April 12th, but it's never too late to wish that everyone has had a nice one! I always like to reflect on the meaning of Easter.....the resurrection of Christ....and when I really think about it, I think that Easter is the most joyous and important holiday of all. When I was younger, I used to have doubts...and sometimes those doubts still creep in....but then I think of the change in the attitude and actions of the disciples after they saw Christ alive again.

When Christ was crucified, the disciples were in despair. But after they saw Him, they became totally different people. From being scared little lambs, they became LIONS! What could have caused that change if they did not actually see Christ? I think that one change is what helped to sway me into thinking that perhaps the Resurrection really did happen. Peter changed from the man who was so scared that he denied three times that he knew Jesus, to becoming the rock upon which the Church was built. Same with the other disciples. They became willing to DIE for their beliefs (and many did). The more that I study the actions and attitudes of the disciples, the more I become filled with a sense of awe at what they must have seen and experienced.

Sometimes I am filled with the most wondrous sense of love......I remember once when I was in Church (back in the days when I went to church), I watched people going to take communion.....and the thought came into my mind that all were equally loved. That's why the words that Paul spoke to me the other day about God loving others as much as He loved him, resonated so much with me. I not only knew what he was talking about...I could remember FEELING what he was talking about.

One thing that I have been learning to do recently is to take my fears and my anxieties and to just turn them over to a higher power. I had to do that because there is one situation that is causing me so much worry and pain that I realized that I could not handle it by myself and I realized that there was nothing I could do to fix it and that's when I decided to try and "turn it over to the Higher Power" and try and stop worrying about it. That one act has brought me more peace than I have felt in months.

I hope that the peace and the promise and the hope that are represented in Easter bring peace and calmness to everyone's hearts. May all hearts filled with pain, anger, or despair, be filled with comfort.