“Stay Still” by tsuna72 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Mary wept. standing in the garden, soft dirt under her feet, sun still tucked away, sleeping under the horizon. The other disciples left, but Mary stayed. Mary wept. Shoulders shaking, Tears running down her face. She said, They have taken my Lord away, and I don’t know where they put him. But here’s what Easter taught me: If you think you’ve lost God, if it feels like heaven has slipped through the cracks, if you feel like the night will never end, then know, there is no hide-and-seek with the divine that doesn’t end in you being found. Stay still. Keep breathing. God is closer than you think.
lost and found by Rev. Sarah (Are) Speed
“Then know, there is no hide-and-seek with the divine that doesn’t end in you being found.” I don’t know about you but I can’t read that line enough. Even though I am a reverend, there are days when God’s grace and love seem so unbelievable to me. When I fail to live out the best version of myself… when I feel like I am not doing enough… when I feel like I don’t deserve God’s love, I am reminded that none of that matters to God. I do not have the final word on God. God will show up in spite of me. Thanks be to God for a love like that!
This Easter season we are reminded that the cross did not have the final word. The Roman empire did not have the final word, just like Pharaoh did not have the final word. Our worst mistakes do not have the final word. Racism will not have the final word. Transphobia will not have the final word. Even death does not have the final word. That is what Easter is all about. Even in death there is love. Even in death there is life eternal. “Then know, there is no hide-and-seek with the divine that doesn’t end in you being found.”
Stay still. Keep breathing.
God is closer than you think. Blessings for your journey, Rev. Keith McDevitt
