Grandkids & Easter

Perhaps nothing so empty as the practice of religion than lacks a living reality. I have never understood why anyone would be interested in going through the religious motions simply for the sake of the past or tradition. But, to me, nothing is as meaningful as the possibility of having a conversation with the living Lord. That's why Easter so important to prayer. Because Jesus is alive and with the Father, our prayers have limitless vitality.

This Easter made that point to me in a new way as I celebrated it with our almost two year old granddaughter in the house. She is so alive, so excited, so hopeful. New life makes everything seem new. And that made the possibility of a living relationship to a living, resurrected Lord seem all the more real.

It makes me wonder, to what extent has the reality of death and decay in the world around us stolen our own ability to enjoy the excitement of life with Christ today? To what extent is our perspective on Easter weighed down by the stench of decay around us? What does child-like, living faith really look like?