Thursday, April 10

WHAT DOES RESURRECTION MEAN TO ME?

We replaced three hollow plywood doors leading into our bedroom with six panel, solid wood doors to match a fourth solid wood six panel door. One of the plywood hollow doors had a hole in it which we had ignored for the fifteen years we had lived in this house. After we replaced the doors with the six panel solid doors, I realized I was surrounded with physical symbols of Christ’s presence. When I look at one of those doors, I see a large cross. The circle, another shape I find everywhere, represents God in our lives. For me the cross within the circle symbolizes the Resurrection of Jesus and God as one.

Elton John sings these words in the song, Circle of Life, from The Lion King. “It’s the Circle of Life and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, till we find our place, on the path unwinding in the Circle, the Circle of Life.” In a mother’s Day card which I made at an unknown but young age, I began, “Dear Mom, I am glad you asked me to pray because it has helped me. I can do my homework a lot better.” Paul writes in Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

I have come full circle in my life, back to a daily practice of prayer. Each time I walk through and touch one of the many six panel solid wood doors in my home, or I look at a simple shape such as the top of a bottle of Bayer aspirin, I am reminded to pray, and my faith in the Resurrection of Jesus is reaffirmed.

Fran MacEachan 

(Carol Sparks’ Sister) 

(Maker of quilt in Sanctuary)