Saturday, April 4, 2015

Comfort or suffering ...

After nearly a week of Holy Week observances, tomorrow’s Easters services at my church are scheduled to begin at 6: 30 a.m.  Our congregation will sit in comfortable pews in a heated sanctuary.  As friends and family gather to celebrate the Resurrection, danger will likely not enter our thinking.

Yet, that is not the case for Christians worldwide.

John A. Torres, states it this way, “Easter evokes such vivid recollections of joyous times from our youth that it is nearly impossible to wash the pastel images from our minds, even as the photographs in our heads yellow with age.

But now, more than ever, Easter needs to be about so much more that chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, new dresses, bonnets, egg hunts, and jelly beans.

It can no longer be about childish things. The world won’t allow it.

Christianity is under attack all over the world.”

I agree.  

As Torre’s continues in the rest of his article, he recounts the recent event at Garissa University College in Kenya. Bullets interrupted the morning prayers of Kenyan Christians. This entire article is available on line. Florida Today.

How do Christians in American respond?  I trust we are comforted by the fact they are no longer suffering. They are resting in comfort and peace with Jesus.

How do we respond to those who are being persecuted? What can we do to make a difference? How can the facts inform our prayer life?



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