The Easter Story reminds us that there is a great narrative by which we can live our lives. The narrative of the empty tomb underscores the truth that love, hope and joy lie before us, as death has been overcome and the maximum possibility of resurrection awaits us.
Put more simply—there is a point to our being! There is a reason why we are here! The original point of our being was to live in a loving relationship with our Creator God. Unfortunately, it seems to me, we are exchanging this lofty point—this narrative—with getting ahead. We simply focus on “getting more points,” however we deem the nature of these coveted points!
Mary Jo Leddy speaks to the importance of embracing The Point Of Our Being and how it flows out of the Easter narrative:
You are the Point of all being.
Every tree stretches up to You.
Each plant reaches down to You.
All the roads go on to You.
The many waters run towards the vastness of Your love.
The air breathes in and unto You.
Every heart wants to turn to You.
How unhappy we are when we miss the Point of all Being.
How blessed are we when we follow our longing
and leaning into Your direction.
In this Easter season of resurrection life, may we recommit ourselves to the Point of our Being, and by doing so, start enjoying the fruits of resurrected life even now.
Oh yes Pastor Alan. I often wonder if only we find our individual purpose many things will be better. I often consider the trees ..never seems to discredit the other as each serve a purpose. The bay tree maybe different but it has a more unique purpose and maybe there many like the bay tree. All draw from One Source … Water and Jesus is our Living Water and gives us light of life. All Glory is Abba so with hands up like the trees earth stretches to heaven in praises and thankfulness. 🤔🤔🤔 ever noticed a plant glean towards the sunlight yet in some circumstances too much water or Sun can destroy the plant…mystery. Yet the Glory is God as the earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof.
Funny one tree is splendour but a grove can give much shade or a unique landscape and in Fall seasons how beautiful the different colours. Love you Pastor Alan… always musing my week❤️
Enjoyed the poem Alan, thanks for posting!🙏