Church Season: The Day After
Ever had a party? After all the guest leave there are dishes in the sink, the once-freshly-washed floors are suddenly again dirty, there are bits of food scattered around, trash to take out, and you try to return to ordinary of life. Yet, something is different. Hopefully it was a good party where laughter was absorbed into the walls of your home. Hopefully with each dish you wash you remember the delicious food and friendships deepened. Hopefully as you rewash the floors you know that the impression of your friends was left on your life. It takes time after the party to appreciate how quickly the time went and beautiful that moment was. Easter is a grand, great, holy celebration, but most of us don't live life in party after party. We live (what I said previously) in-between. In-between the holy and ordinary. In-between the to-do-lists and the complete. We live between what was promised on Easter and what will come when God's realm is fully established.