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Monday, Monday

April 6, 2015 by David Anderson 10 Comments

Easter Monday is always like the day after Christmas. The party is over. The leftover lamb is sitting forlorn on the counter top; it was not put away last night. The children’s plastic eggs lie empty and raided on the floor. The sun comes in the window a little harsh.

That great victory over death we celebrated yesterday—has anything changed, really?

The lesson I have to keep learning is not to look out there to see if anything has changed. The resurrection of Christ changed nothing in the world. The sun came up the next morning, and the world swirled into another day. People went to work or else they had nothing to eat. Children played in the street. Somewhere it rained and somewhere the sun shone.

Only one thing changed. That was the eyes of a few people who saw that same swirling world in a new way. They weren’t any younger or thinner or smarter or wealthier. Their cramped kitchen had not gotten larger. Their infants still nagged and whined until someone fed them. The mistakes of their past had not been wiped clean. No one whispered the contents of the future into their anxious ears.

And still it was all good, very good.

That is all Easter means, all it has ever meant. This moment, this place is right. It isn’t right and good because I make it so (this is the big Easter relief!). It is right and good because Someone else creates it anew every moment and presents it to us as a gift. It isn’t our job anymore to worry about why things don’t turn out the way we want (“if this is a gift of God, for heaven’s sake!”), and we don’t have to waste a lot of time arguing or taking sides about what we approve of and what we can’t abide. It’s just our job to enjoy it.

Happy Easter Monday.

 

Filed Under: Adult Spirituality, Awareness, Blessing, Grace, Gratitude, Happiness, Letting Go, Now/ the Present, Seeing, Transformation

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  1. Michael Anderson says

    April 7, 2015 at 9:46 am

    Another gem, David. Thank you. Nothing has changed except our outlook, our choosing to see the beauty and work for the beauty we want.

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  2. Matt says

    April 7, 2015 at 10:13 am

    He is risen is some way, shape, or form and I can once again eat pizza and pasta. That’s good enough for me.

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    • David Anderson says

      April 7, 2015 at 10:33 am

      Yup. Abondonza!

      Reply
  3. clark s johnson says

    April 7, 2015 at 10:24 am

    David, Now, all of you, who made our Lent and Easter experince so wonderful, can rest a bit .

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    • David Anderson says

      April 7, 2015 at 10:34 am

      Thanks, Clark!

      Reply
  4. Ginny Lovas says

    April 7, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    The World has not changed, but it feels new – I am not new, but I feel better.

    Ginny

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    • David Anderson says

      April 8, 2015 at 10:44 am

      Alleluia, sister!

      Reply
  5. susan rorer whitby says

    April 8, 2015 at 4:16 pm

    Easter is really just about love!Freely given,and we must pass it on.It is a way of saying thank you to God!! Every day!

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  6. cynthia klokel says

    April 10, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    “Behold I am doing a new thing. Now it springs forth. Do you not perceive it?” Is.43:19

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    • David Anderson says

      April 10, 2015 at 10:00 pm

      Right–it’s just that the new thing is…in you. Who would have thunk it…. eh?

      Reply

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