Today is Easter Sunday - Christ is risen! Today I noticed the difference it makes to go from fast to feast. The contrast highlights the value of each, and I thought it is good of God to arrange it so that everyone gets to experience both. Those of us in rich countries experience fasting (even if it is only voluntary and temporary) and those with nothing else can celebrate what God has done. I think most people would agree that it is good for us to be reminded of the two states, especially if we dwell most of the time in only one.
Similarly, I wonder if it is good for us to experience change and seasons in our lives - to go through some hardship to give the celebrations more savour? It is easy to accept this theoretically and philosophically, but when it comes down to the point I know my first response is always "Why God?" I suppose the answer, at least some of the time, will be "Because it is good for you."
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