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We are a community church comprised of people of all ages and various cultures. Our desire is to help people find and follow Jesus. This means we are discovering what it means to love God, love one another and love the community around about us.

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14 April 2024

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EASTER REFLECTION: THE FOG OF GRIEF - DOES IT EVER CLEAR?
Grief does strange things. I remember a good friend who died at 19. I was his youth leader. Yes, I know you find that strange – I was young enough once to be a youth leader. I’d seen Duncan after he died. I went with his parents to support them at the viewing. I sang at his funeral. So, I knew my mind was playing tricks when I thought I saw him a couple of times in a crowd. Or in public place. It’s like a fog when you grieve. The responses of all the disciples are understandable over that Easter weekend. They knew he was dead. It would have torn their hearts in two. Stories of people seeing him alive would have been perplexing. Sometimes we live in that kind of fog of protracted grief and sorrow, not only because we mourn our loved ones, but because we have all kinds of losses we still mourn. For immigrants – the country of our birth. For those of us who feel the weariness of aging – we mourn our youth. For those whose marriage has died – there is mourning for lost love. For those who feel alone – there is grieving for the years when we really enjoyed intimate close friends. For those who suffer – we mourn the loss of those care-free days when getting out of bed was pain free and worry free. For children changing school or moving home there are real losses too. They all have their own kind of fog – those emotions. Which makes the Easter story even more powerful. Even when people in their pain cry out that God is unfair and that if he were so loving he would understand our agony and do something about it – Easter tells us that He does and that He did. Our Heaven- ly Father does understand, and He did do something. He gave up His only son for us. Jesus took all this mess and agony on the cross. He really does understand our pain. There is healing and restoration for us even when we grieve so deeply. It’s one of the many aspects of healing and wholeness we can seek.

Blessings

Robin

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‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory,
glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth’ (1:14)

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