Easter Joy – Easter Hope

To the beautiful people of South Georgia,

Life for many is complicated and stressed these days.
Health failing.  Financial distress.  Loved ones deployed to foreign lands for war.
Calendars overbooked.  Unknown futures and transitions. Grief from loss.
Spiritual numbness.  Distance from God.  Hopelessness.
The list could go on.

We have good news for a hurting world!
God intervened at the darkest moment in human history.
The crucifixion and death of Jesus was not the final word.
The darkness that filled the earth was interrupted by the Resurrection and Light.

Easter is about new life.  Light replacing darkness.  A tremendous gift from our faithful God.
God is always at work producing a Christlike world.
In each life.  In every life.  Redeeming the whole creation.

So, lift up your heads this Easter.  Embrace resurrection hope and reality.
Let the joy of Easter sing out in your lives so others will hear.
Let the hope of Easter fill your lives with Light so all will see.

Easter Joy—Easter Hope!

James R. King, Jr.
Your Bishop