Did you say you will have rain for the next 7 Sundays? Or were you thinking something more simple like if it rains you will get wet? Growing up I heard that folklore every year. My mother said it, I am pretty sure her mom said it - it's common knowledge... or I thought it was.
Today is Easter and it's raining, which made me think about the folklore, and if it was as common knowledge in my new home as it was in the area I am proud to call home. Turns out..... nope. Which started me thinking about the danger of thinking that something is universal. If we operate under the knowledge that everyone knows the same things that we know and has the same interpretation that we do... we are missing a lot of possibilities.
Mary, Peter, and the disciple that Jesus loved (whoever that may have been) all saw exactly the same thing, and each had a difference interpretation - one believed, one returned home, and one stayed behind to weep. What about us? Some see Easter as being about the salvation from sin, some see it as the proof that hate and fear cannot defeat love and mercy, some see it as the plan for redemption and completion of prophesy... and to be honest some see it as a chance to hide eggs and eat chocolate. But here is my fear, what about those who still haven't seen the empty tomb? What if we assume that our personal interpretation is universal and never engage others? If we think everyone knows the same thing we know about Easter, then I think we miss some of the power of the event. To think that Easter is universal is to limit that empty tomb to having just one purpose, and then what do we do with all the other cool meanings?
There is no such thing as universal - everyone comes to the present with their own background, experiences, and interpretations... that's what makes life so hard and wonderful all at the same time!
Happy Easter!
So true...you are a very deep thinker...Love ya girl! hugs :)tim
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