Life as Normal

These past few weeks we have been so blessed to have friends joining us on vacation and spring break. It has been refreshing to have new faces in what I think would have been five long weeks otherwise due to the time in our journey.

I have had to laugh at myself though. I have been waiting for these past five weeks since we left for Christmas. Weeks that we would see sisters, friends and meet each other’s friends have come and gone. There was so much anticipation, preparation and waiting. Don’t get me wrong I loved these weeks, but I wonder how much of our life is spent in anticipation, preparation and waiting. We do these things and then the “event” happens and we are left with our life again. Thinking ahead to the next “thing” to anticipate, prepare and wait for.

Funny that this all happened with Easter not even a week ago. Do you remember the long forty days of Lent, the anticipation, the preparation and the waiting? Do you remember the longing you had for the event to come? Maybe it was waiting for Easter to come so you could eat chocolate again or drink coffee? Maybe it was waiting to be surrounded by family? Maybe it was the celebration of Sunday service? Do you remember how sweet it was on Easter morning when the time finally arrived?

I know for me, now that the weeks are over that I have been looking forward to I am left with life again, day to day life. I wonder how many of us fall into this trap. Going on to life as normal. Have you gone back to life forgetting how long you anticipated, prepared and waited?

Now that Easter is over, we can’t just go back to life as it was before. Christ has risen! Life is different, or it should be different. Life is new. Look around you see spring, see the risen Christ.

Laura