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| Outside My Window By Pastor Del Keilman |
Over the past few days outside our kitchen window are signs that spring is
“near,” tulips peeking out of the ground. Spring….or so it seemed
yesterday. Today as I look out that same window I see huge snowflakes
falling, a winter storm warning issued and a forecast for anywhere between
5 and 12 inches of snow.
Now I have lived all of my life in the upper Midwest, and know that the first
signs of spring are often misleading, and that winter may continue its
onslaught for weeks yet to come. But, “something’s happening” and with
each passing day the sun continues to intensify in brilliance and warmth. I
know that in a few weeks the budding tulips now covered with snow will
again bloom displaying their palate of brilliant colors, reds, yellows and white.
“Something’s Happening” is the theme for this year’s Easter celebration.
Over 2000 years ago, from a Bethlehem stable, to Pilate's Court; from a
cross on a hill called Calvary, to an empty borrowed tomb, something was
happening. That something was God’s Son shining in the world, the
intensity and warmth of His light never to be diminished.
John, in a passage most often read at Christmas, writes, “In Him was life,
and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the
darkness has not understood.” (John 1:4-5)
The light of the sun is necessary for our tulips to bloom. The light of God’s
Son is necessary for our lives to bloom. Mushrooms grow in darkness, not
tulips, not us. God created us to live in His Light and in His love. Each of us
has the capacity to give from our abundance, to pour out our love to one
another.
“Something’s Happening” but for the full extent of what’s happening to be
realized it requires the entire Church, you and me. As the tulips will someday
soon bloom, I pray that this church will continue to bloom. If you’ve been
away from worship, we look forward with grateful anticipation to your return
home, so that the fullness of God’s beautiful and colorful bouquet might be
known.
In Christ’s love - Pastor Del
“near,” tulips peeking out of the ground. Spring….or so it seemed
yesterday. Today as I look out that same window I see huge snowflakes
falling, a winter storm warning issued and a forecast for anywhere between
5 and 12 inches of snow.
Now I have lived all of my life in the upper Midwest, and know that the first
signs of spring are often misleading, and that winter may continue its
onslaught for weeks yet to come. But, “something’s happening” and with
each passing day the sun continues to intensify in brilliance and warmth. I
know that in a few weeks the budding tulips now covered with snow will
again bloom displaying their palate of brilliant colors, reds, yellows and white.
“Something’s Happening” is the theme for this year’s Easter celebration.
Over 2000 years ago, from a Bethlehem stable, to Pilate's Court; from a
cross on a hill called Calvary, to an empty borrowed tomb, something was
happening. That something was God’s Son shining in the world, the
intensity and warmth of His light never to be diminished.
John, in a passage most often read at Christmas, writes, “In Him was life,
and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the
darkness has not understood.” (John 1:4-5)
The light of the sun is necessary for our tulips to bloom. The light of God’s
Son is necessary for our lives to bloom. Mushrooms grow in darkness, not
tulips, not us. God created us to live in His Light and in His love. Each of us
has the capacity to give from our abundance, to pour out our love to one
another.
“Something’s Happening” but for the full extent of what’s happening to be
realized it requires the entire Church, you and me. As the tulips will someday
soon bloom, I pray that this church will continue to bloom. If you’ve been
away from worship, we look forward with grateful anticipation to your return
home, so that the fullness of God’s beautiful and colorful bouquet might be
known.
In Christ’s love - Pastor Del
