New Life

I never attended church when I was growing up, so for me Easter was all about hunting for eggs and getting a day off from school or work.

Even when I began to attend church regularly, I still didn’t completely understand what was special about Easter or what the resurrection meant.

At that time my focus was more on being successful. I had built for myself the life that I thought I had always wanted.

But then I developed epilepsy, and a 30-year career was suddenly ended. Unable to work, or even to drive, I felt dead inside. Life as I had known it was over. All I could ask God was what I would do now with my life.

It would have been easy then to lose all hope and just give up. But after much prayerful thought and consideration, I realised that even though my old life might have ended, there was still much that I could do.

So I began to put my efforts into the ministries of the church. As God gave new meaning to my life, the message of Easter has become clear to me.

No matter what disasters we face, with God’s help we can build from the ashes—and with Jesus, experience new life.

Prayer: Precious Lord, we thank you for your presence with us and for being our hope when our own hope is gone. Amen