Last night the Together @ MCT community walked the road to Emmaus with those two disciples who met Christ when they least expected.
Here are a couple of the stations:
1. Crosses
It’s only been a couple of weeks
Since the joy of Palm Sunday
With singing and shouting and hallelujahs
It’s only been a couple of weeks
Since the joy turned to fear
With betrayal and suspicion.
It’s only been a couple of weeks
Since the sky turned black
And He said “It is finished”
It’s only been a couple of weeks
Since the tomb lay empty
And death was defeated
It’s only been a few weeks
But how quickly that Easter feeling fades
And real life returns to normal
So think back
To all that has happened:
“The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”
3. Looking back at what has been
“Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
The followers of Jesus had watched it all go wrong
But there was hope…
Are we shaped by our past?
Do the things that have happened to us make us who we are?
Or do we start afresh each day?
“… it is the third day since all this took place.”
Do we listen to what Jesus tells us?
Do we believe what we hear?
“In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.“
They saw a vision of angels who said he was alive!
And yet we are on the road heading the other way.
God can be scary sometimes.
What is hard about believing in Jesus for you?
6. Disappearing
[Light a candle]
It must have been great
To be there with Jesus
Eating
Talking
Sharing
The light of the world
There
With you
His face lit by the flickering candle
…and he disappeared from their sight.
[Blow out the candle]
And he was gone
Just like that
And they were alone again.
For that moment when the candle is not lit everything seems darker
But them our eyes get used to the light
And we realise that it isn’t as dark as we thought
That there is still light in the world
And that we can be that light
How will you shine?
How will you make someone else’s life lighter this week?
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