Easter Sunday felt to me like a bright light in the midst of a very dark season. As we moved through Lent and drew nearer to the cross, it seemed that our whole community was plunged into darkness – in some cases literally (due to the power cuts we have experienced) but also through the terrible devastation of the floods. And so it was wonderful to be together on Easter Sunday and to feel our hope renewed as we were reminded that God is able to redeem even the most awful circumstances.
One of the things I said on Sunday was that the resurrection invites us to look at hard situations with new eyes for “with God, nothing is impossible” (Lk 1:37). In recent weeks, one of the shining examples of this kind of attitude has been Dr Imtiaz Sooliman (a devout Muslim man and the founder of the relief organisation, Gift of the Givers). Dr Sooliman describes how he felt prompted to start with small helping actions and how the result of that faithfulness is the remarkable organisation he leads today – an NGO that is very often the first to step up in impossible situations.
Is there an impossible situation that God may be calling you or me to see with resurrection eyes?
One of the things I said on Sunday was that the resurrection invites us to look at hard situations with new eyes for “with God, nothing is impossible” (Lk 1:37). In recent weeks, one of the shining examples of this kind of attitude has been Dr Imtiaz Sooliman (a devout Muslim man and the founder of the relief organisation, Gift of the Givers). Dr Sooliman describes how he felt prompted to start with small helping actions and how the result of that faithfulness is the remarkable organisation he leads today – an NGO that is very often the first to step up in impossible situations.
Is there an impossible situation that God may be calling you or me to see with resurrection eyes?