Today is a morning of hope. Hope is not about everything being good and right and happy. Life is not like that! It is often painful, uncomfortable and messy. Even if at the moment our lives are content we just need to raise our eyes a little to see the pain of countless others in our world. But today is a morning of hope. I have appreciated travelling through Lent with Maggie Dawn's book "Giving it up", which I commented on in Lent 2010, today I share her view on hope..." There are seasons in our lives when Lent is a more comfortable place to live, because it reflects our struggles and our doubts. There may be circumstances in your life that make you feel entirely out of step with the joy of Easter Day, but even if joy hasn't materialised for you yet, it's still a promise of things to come that will unfold in time. Easter is a promise that the absence of God has been penetrated with light, and the silence of the early morning is no longer hollow but hopeful..."
On Thursday at Woodside Primary the P6s hung their hopes, dreams and prayers for Easter on an "egg" tree. Big hopes for the world, big hopes for their lives. Whatever your hope today may it be touched by the light of this day of hope.
Jen
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