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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