We have journeyed through and experienced Lent in a different, Celtic, way and come out the other side into a time of rejoicing and celebration. Jesus destroyed evil and defeated Satan so that we, you and me, all of us, could be ‘released’ to become the amazing fantastic incredible people that God originally created us to be.

How exciting!!!

And yet …. in my times as a church leader, and before, after easter I have looked around and it seems as if everyone is totally knackered! So tired and washed out in fact that clergy in the CofE traditionally have a post Easter break to give time to recover. There seems to be a sense of anti climax as we return to normal day to day life with seemingly nothing at all being changed. We have experienced, been challenged, awakened and yet …. it may just be me … but what I see more and more is Easter Blues, fed by an acknowledgment that life just goes on as normal.

Does it have to be like this?
I kind of feel it’s a choice we make; a choice that most of us make subconsciously.
A fire starts with a spark.
A flood with a trickle.
A race with a step.
A thought from a space.
We were reminded during Celtic Lent that everyone is made in the image of God.
If we look for that image in people around us what would happen?
If we allowed our Image of God-ness out when with others, how might they react?
If we gave space for that out could be quite exciting to see what God may do.

Maybe we need to pull ourselves out of the Easter Blues, take on board that we are surrounded and inhabited by the Creator, Warrior God whilst we stand on sacred ground.

Surely, that alone is quite life giving.