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One of poet Mary Oliver’s most famous lines is:
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
I think that this is a great question to ponder on the day we celebrate new life through the resurrection of Christ. In the northern hemisphere, celebrations of Easter are symbolised by new fluffy chicks and spring flowers, as the earth wakes up after the winter and new life is everywhere. Even the Easter bunny is linked to pagan traditions about spring and fertility, symbolised by the hare.
The beginning of a new year is more often the season when many people make resolutions about improving or more fully living out their “one wild and precious life”. I wonder how many of you have managed to sustain your intentions since January.
Easter is another time to do a personal check-in and make a fresh start.
Good Friday gave us the opportunity to lay at the foot of the cross the burdens that we wish to let go of, along with our regrets and shortcomings.
Holy Saturday is that fallow day of unknowing and of waiting.
On Easter Sunday, the empty tomb and the encounter between Mary Magdalene and the risen Christ conveys the joy of hope and new opportunities. If Jesus can overcome death, what else is possible?
The theme of MCC’s General Conference this year is “Creating Oasis – Reunion, Refreshment, Revival”
Easter is certainly a time for revival. A time when we can reclaim the promise of a new life in Christ, who said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly”. It is another chance to start again, to trust in the God who made us and who loves us.
This is a time when we can ask God “What do you want me to do with my one wild and precious life?”
You may receive an answer that will surprise you!
Christ is Risen. Alleluia.
Have a truly blessed Easter.
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