Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Thoughts While Running

4/6/2005
By: Holy Trinity Lutheran

Yes, I am still running, even after falling and breaking my hand. It has become something of a symbol to me. Life is like that, just when we think we have it all figured out or we are moving right along, something comes along to detour us and make us rethink or question. But, I have been running too long to make me stop doing that, even though breaking a hand is something I surely do not want to repeat.

As I think of the Easter Season, I am reminded of how the emotions of the disciples of Jesus must have been in constant turmoil as they journeyed through those tumultuous days. We are definitely removed from those days, but I would like to pray that we all would have that sense of wonder, that the God who became flesh and walked with God’s people has now conquered the ultimate enemy which is death, and that in these coming seven weeks that God’s action in Jesus would fill us with a living hope, as I Peter chapter one says. That we would approach our lives with renewed hope and renewed love for God and neighbor. In the coming days you will be hearing that we will be inviting you to have more and more concern for your neighbor and the life we share together on this earth.

Let the new life of the Resurrection be yours in these coming days, giving you a fresh look at your purpose here in this community and this place.

See you in church. Love,
Pastor Frank