How refreshing it is to be greeted by a flower in a rose bush, which indicated some signs of drying up in the summer heat!
It is this the two seven mile evening walkers to Emmaus experienced on the third day, after Jesus of Nazareth was crucified. They felt emotionally depleted and confused over the news they received from those who visited the tomb early morning on that day. The tomb was empty with the linen clothes, and the body of Jesus was not there.
It is then a stranger who joined them and interpreted the Scriptures to make them aware that Jesus had to suffer, die and rise on the third day.
At supper, the two identified the stranger as Jesus when He broke bread, blessed and gave to them.
The strange things in our lives are the means of 'opening' our eyes to realities that remained closed to us till then!
I felt awakened by the sight of this rose flower in a bush which I had given up as s withering bush!
This is the message of Easter!
God transforms death to Life! Jesus of Nazareth is the testimony to that reality!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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