Pastor's DeskPastor Marlene Ciranowicz
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Hope Is Coming!
Mar/Apr 2021
What a winter this has been and the pandemic is still ongoing with all of its restrictions! If you are like me, I am getting weary of all the snow and the restrictions. As I looked out the window at the snow the other day, the story of the Hebrew children enslaved in Egypt came to my mind. Who knows why? As I stood there weary of yet another day of snow and ice, I thought they too must have been weary with their lot as slaves with no hope on the horizon. But they were wrong! God had not forgotten them and in fact, was in the process of setting into motion their freedom. They just didn’t know it and neither do we know what God is up to at times. But just because we don’t know, does not mean God is not at work!
So often we look at our circumstances and can’t see beyond our disappointment, pain, or troubles. And yet, just because we can’t see, it does not mean God has forgotten us. Imagine how the disciples felt that
Friday evening knowing Jesus had just died. My guess is they may have been shell-shocked. This is not how it was suppose to end! Was everything Jesus had told them untrue? We have the blessing of being able to know how the story ended but at that moment in their lives, they didn’t.
We are already in the Lenten season and in just a little over a month it will be Easter. Easter is a great reminder that we can not put our hope on only things that we can see and understand nor should we declare as a fact that God has forgotten us because things haven’t turned out the way we thought they would in our lives.
Never forget Romans 8: 28. God does love us! He has a purpose for us no matter what! Hope is coming! Jesus said He would return and He will! And, in the meantime, we are reassured that we do not walk this life alone for the very last words Jesus spoke before he ascended into heaven were these words: “ Lo, I am with you until the end of the age.” So take hope and know God is with us….no matter what!
Can’t wait to see you Sunday and, if not in church, on our website. Happy Easter!
Blessings,
Blessings, Pastor Marlene
What a winter this has been and the pandemic is still ongoing with all of its restrictions! If you are like me, I am getting weary of all the snow and the restrictions. As I looked out the window at the snow the other day, the story of the Hebrew children enslaved in Egypt came to my mind. Who knows why? As I stood there weary of yet another day of snow and ice, I thought they too must have been weary with their lot as slaves with no hope on the horizon. But they were wrong! God had not forgotten them and in fact, was in the process of setting into motion their freedom. They just didn’t know it and neither do we know what God is up to at times. But just because we don’t know, does not mean God is not at work!
So often we look at our circumstances and can’t see beyond our disappointment, pain, or troubles. And yet, just because we can’t see, it does not mean God has forgotten us. Imagine how the disciples felt that
Friday evening knowing Jesus had just died. My guess is they may have been shell-shocked. This is not how it was suppose to end! Was everything Jesus had told them untrue? We have the blessing of being able to know how the story ended but at that moment in their lives, they didn’t.
We are already in the Lenten season and in just a little over a month it will be Easter. Easter is a great reminder that we can not put our hope on only things that we can see and understand nor should we declare as a fact that God has forgotten us because things haven’t turned out the way we thought they would in our lives.
Never forget Romans 8: 28. God does love us! He has a purpose for us no matter what! Hope is coming! Jesus said He would return and He will! And, in the meantime, we are reassured that we do not walk this life alone for the very last words Jesus spoke before he ascended into heaven were these words: “ Lo, I am with you until the end of the age.” So take hope and know God is with us….no matter what!
Can’t wait to see you Sunday and, if not in church, on our website. Happy Easter!
Blessings,
Blessings, Pastor Marlene