The final phrase of the passage we have been
living with this week proclaims, preaches “You are witnesses of these things.”
Pause with me, what is your life witnessing to
right now?
How have your words shared God’s Easter light of
love this week?
Where has the shadow side sometimes insisted that
it’s interpretation is the right one, the only one?
Where were you gracious and with whom did you
hold back?
To witness to others isn’t just about testifying
to Jesus or sharing your faith. You
witness in your conversations with others.
You witness in your social media posts.
You witness with your calendar (see the post from yesterday). You witness with your checkbook and credit
card. You witness with showing up in
prayerful ways to God. You witness in
sitting silently with a friend who is suffering, struggling, and searching. You witness physically, emotionally,
spiritually all the time. You witness in
being honest about doubts and disbelieving.
You witness in moments of sharing joy.
You witness in bringing a Tupperware casserole to someone. You witness when you receive someone else’s
love in the form of a casserole left on your doorstep.
You are witnessing right now. Rewind and review your week. Not with guilt or looking only for the
boneheaded mistakes, but also the blessings – both are there from these past
five days.
May the Easter light of God’s love enter in
showing you, blessing you, opening you to witness incarnationally – in your
life – in these days. Amen.
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