Christians are on the Easter journey.
A journey of growing and maturing in our awareness that we are known and loved by God. And that we are called to live the Risen life of Love in Christ now and forever.
We need a Shepherd
Seeking to know Christ and to enter more into His Risen life is not something we can accomplish on our own. We need a shepherd to lead us and direct us into the truth of who we are.
“I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.”
Just as the Father knows the Son, and the Son knows the Father, we are to come to KNOW Christ, just as He KNOWS us.
It is the relationship between Lover and Beloved.
God is the Great Lover, and each and every one of us are God's Beloved.
Being “Known” by God
Part of the Resurrection experience is the growing realization that we are “Known” by God.
1 Corinthians 13:12
“…then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
There is a love that is always present to us… despite ourselves. A love that we cannot merit or win, it is just there.
Whether we know it, want it or accept it……we are fully known and fully loved by God.
“Recognizing” this Loving Presence within us and amongst us is the heart of our Resurrection experience.
This is what makes Easter people.
This is what makes Easter people different than those who have not yet turned to or woken up to this Risen love of God in Christ.
And it is Jesus, the Good Shepherd, who leads us into this realization and loving relationship.
The Church’s mission
We are known and loved by God, the Great Lover.
Let us enter more deeply into the realization of this Risen Love that is Christ.
And let us continue to be ever more creative in loving the world around us and drawing others into New and Risen Life.
