Easter Sunday and New Beginnings

               Below is another poem, yes I am really into poetry lately. I have no reason behind why I all of the sudden have become more attached to poetry but once again this poem spoke to me. Yesterday morning at church during our Easter service I was looking through our entire bulletin and when I turn to the back I found this poem. The back always has something like this on it each week, it can be a poem, a short reflective piece, or anything else that has to do with our lectionary for the week. Normally I glance at them but never read them. But this week something about this poem caught my eye and I began to read it, and read it again. This poem bought me a sense of refreshing freedom each time I read it. A reminder of how Jesus died for us and has given us the chance to have new beginnings. At this point in my life new beginnings are a huge thing for me. After having overcome depression, anxiety, and a long list of other things and continuing to work towards happiness and new beginnings each day this poem hit me. It reminded me of the wonderful opportunities I have been given to start new, start fresh, and love life to the fullest
Enjoy the poem below!! 

Resurrection
Resurrection is a word I like.
In the Sunday papers and on TV there are “Easter Bunny Specials.”  Soft, sweet and safe.
Resurrection is not safe.  Resurrection disturbs, shatters, surges, a rushing mountain stream shooting between boulders, power that cannot be stopped.
Resurrection is a word I like.
On Sunday morning they thought he was safe–safely dead and buried, over, done, finished–finally.  The One who put the question, the One who spoke the promise, the One in whom a new creation came near, the One who said, “Follow me,” was dead and buried, safely.  Bring on the bunnies, flowers, candy, sports, spectacles and other safe substitutes for Life.
Resurrection is a disturbing word, which says, we’re never safe from God, from the new, from life, from love.
A disturbing, hopeful, shattering word–Resurrection is a word I like.
Reverend Anthony B. Robinson

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