Driving to church yesterday down a road I have travelled hundreds, if not thousands of times, I noticed a house I'd never seen before. It is a derelict building, and obviously it has been there for much longer than I have been travelling down that road , but for some reason I have never noticed it before. How can that happen? Well, perhaps it had been hidden from the road by shrubbery and overgrowth which someone might have cleared away recently. Or maybe its the season - the leaves not fully out on the trees yet affording a better view. Or perhaps I have just been thoroughly unobservant for years and have never been looking. Maybe I have actually seen it before but just dont remember.
Whilst pondering this on the way to church I felt an analogy coming on. 😉
So here it is....... this week we shall hear the Easter story again. We have heard it many many times. But on the road leading to Easter there will be things that we have not seen before. Things God wants to show us in the well known words. Perhaps there will be revelations that have previously been hidden from our sight by 'stuff '. Maybe since we travelled this road the last time God has done some pruning. He is always at work in the garden of our souls, so we shouldnt be surprised when He cuts something back to reveal a hidden truth.
Or maybe there will be things that we can see more clearly because it happens to be winter in our spiritual walk at the moment. Which is usually a bad thing, but funnily enough can sometimes help us to see things in stark relief.
Or perhaps we shall be reminded of old truths we used to know but have forgotten.
It can sometimes be hard to believe that we can hear anything new in the well worn stories of Easter and Christmas. But in my experience if we are open to hear something new, we will. I'm going to try hard to keep my ears open this week.
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