Views from the Pew – Women’s Auxiliary

Easter affords us the opportunity to reflect more deeply on the Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. As Christians, we use this important church season to reaffirm our faith in Christ who suffered, died and rose from death so that all who believe in Him may inherit eternal and everlasting life. (John 3:16)

This demonstration of the Love of God for the world is Good News in any season and should be welcomed at any time and in all circumstances, and especially now when the world is troubled by this life-altering pandemic.

The present crisis has afforded us greater space to pause and take stock of our relationship with our Creator, whose love is reliable and unchanging. We meet this God in the Bible where we see Him sometimes acting in dramatic ways, as in the parting of the Red Sea for Israel. At other times, He seems not to be taking any action, as in the case of the delay of Jesus to respond to the appeal of Martha and Mary to come to their aid when their brother Lazarus was seriously ill. Yet, from this event, we learn that God’s timing is always perfect, even when our expectations of Him are not met. The One Who is The Resurrection and the Life brings hope in the midst of suffering and death. Through His abiding love and enduring mercies we are able to cope and press on, notwithstanding the burdens which threaten to overwhelm us every waking moment. With faith and hope in His wonderful grace, we can declare with the apostle Paul:

“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; … cast down, but not destroyed.” (2 Corinthians 4: 8-9)

As we continue to worship and glorify our Risen Lord and witness to His love for us and His power over death and hell and the virus of sin, let us pray that the world will seek to know, love and serve Him, who reigns supreme forever.

OUR LORD IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED!

The Women’s Auxiliary

St. Luke’s Church