April: Thoughts from Huw

Dear Friends

Hope you are keeping well.

‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb.’

Luke Ch16 v3

As the women disciples made their way to Jesus’ tomb on Easter morning they had one big problem: Who would roll away the great stone that had been placed at the entrance of the tomb?

There was a man who had a row with his father, as a result of which he hadn’t spoken to his father for several years, even though they lived only a few miles apart. He was an only child; the mother had deserted the family. So now the father was living alone. His world was getting smaller and darker with each day that passed. He wasn’t yet dead , but in a sense he was already in the tomb.

We marvel at the power Jesus had to raise people from the dead, but in a sense we can do the same. For instance, the son in the story had the power to roll away the stone from his father’s tomb. With a word or gesture he could set him free from his tomb of loneliness and despair. In helping his father he would have helped himself too. It is one of the lovely comparisons in life that we cannot raise another without raising ourselves also.

On Easter Sunday at Wesley  I will be leading a service of Holy Communion at 6pm. Please come along as this is the greatest day in the Church’s calender. On this day Jesus shows us that good is stronger than evil and that life is stronger than death.

With all good wishes for a very happy and peaceful Easter.

God Bless
Huw