Sometimes a photo turns out just so unexpectedly more than I wanted it to, and the marvel of the light plays even deeper than my imagination,
So I want to see it, more often, and posting it to share seems a small bit of Grace.
Easter in isolation is something for us all, though I’ve been at it for a few years now.
And then, the light shines just right and plays off the moisture in the clouds and off the rolling snow.
What have you had to leave behind?
What is wrenched so out of your life by the health orders in place, so that you are left living outside the normal routines and security of things being tomorrow like they were yesterday?
How are you re-ordering your life in a manner that makes good, wonderful, life-giving sense for you and those around you?
Know that many others could use a word of encouragement, of thanks and gratitude, and of their worth in the ever changing footing we find ourselves standing on these days.
We should be able to empathize more for those who lived during the time of the plagues, for example when the Black Death, which hit Europe in 1347, claimed an astonishing 75-200 million lives in just four years, or 30% to 60% of the population. And it came back 800 years later.
See https://www.mphonline.org/worst-pandemics-in-history/ for more details of pandemics in history.
The Light of Christ does not end, die with us, or need to return. It is always here, even in the darkest night, and through all our darkest times.
Be courageous. Find Beauty each day. Know Truth always. Be grateful, gracious and generous, with yourself and with the other sinners God put in your life. God forgives them, after-all. Why can you not also?