A Contrast

Our pastor wrote a meditation for Easter Sunday in which he contrasted the mention of the dark in the gospel of John with the resurrection.  “While it was still dark,” the women went to the tomb.  I am thinking today has been a day of the very sad contrast between celebrating Easter and our president’s “expletive-ridden” Truth Social post in which he threatened Iran with bombing bridges and power plants and then mockingly said “Praise be to Allah.”  This was such a dark message on such a holy day.  Our pastor reminded us that “light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.”  He wrote “On Easter morning God’s resurrection people rise to shout into the world’s darkness and say, “No, no, no.  There is a better way.  Because Christ has risen.  He has risen indeed.”

We worshipped with grand music this morning and a powerful message.  We participated in the Lord’s table.  We even sang the Hallelujah Chorus as we always do on Easter morning.  Then we came home to a quiet dinner with just the two of us.  Our family is all traveling far and wide.  

So it was a good day.  But I grieve for our country and I am ashamed of our leadership and the ugly words that are our president’s way of commemorating Easter Sunday.  I pray for his change of heart every night. 

—————-Tuesday:  At 6:30 pm, there may be a two week cease fire.  Trump has threatened to end the Iranian civilization by 8 pm which is certainly a war crime and sounds like a threat of using nuclear power.  Iran may open the straights of Hermuz.  Pakistan may be the intermediary.  Whoever it is, there is a respite from destruction for now. There may be more calls for Trump to be removed from office which would be such a good thing.  

April 17 from Frank Bruni: his foul tirades demean the presidency, demean the country — demean every one of us — and it’s important that we never forget that.