Dear Friends,
Perhaps it’s the hubbub of punters at the pub. Indeed, I do wonder what proportion of the country was hungover (“working from home?”) on the second Tuesday of April. Perhaps it’s the sunny weather or perhaps it’s the roll out of the vaccination program and how most of the nation’s vulnerable have had at least one jab. We are certainly thankful that we’ve been able to meet for Sunday services following the guidelines set by the government. For all these and many other things that are resuming there seems to be an air of optimism about. The path to normality (whatever that may look like) is not immediately totally clear but from all appearances, it is getting less and less murkier. My family and I are looking forward to being able to camp in the summer. May Providence sustain and guide us all.
For this is the hope of Easter. The resurrection of Jesus gives us eternal hope for better things to come. It’s probably that from where we get the idea of Easter eggs. Chickens look little like the eggs from which they hatch. It’s not clear to us what the immediate future will look like, but the eternal future will be more than we can imagine. May that hope sustain us now and forever
Helkias Mapimhidze