The Light of the Cross

It is wonderful to me that God communicates with us in many different ways. We can hear his voice in the words of scripture or a sermon. We can hear God in the words of a song, the melodies of music, or even in the sounds of nature. Sometimes, however, he gets through to us without any words at all. That’s what happened to me at our last Easter sunrise service.

For that service, our church sets up seats and an altar outside in front of our cemetery. From the seats, we can see our church building in the background. Then, if it is a clear morning, and the timing is right, we can see the sun rising over the cemetery during worship. This experience by itself gives a powerful message to us about Jesus’ resurrection. But last Easter, something even more powerful happened.

As the sun rose that morning, the rays hit the cross on the altar, and then reflected an image of the cross on our pastor’s robe. God spoke through that image, giving me a message without words. We are all invited to reflect the glory of Christ to others. We are not the source of that divine light; but if we are in the right place and allow God to use us, others can see Christ through us.