It is the first Sunday after Easter. The glory has not entirely faded, but it is time to move on into the rest of the year. There are chocolate bunnies to finish off and Easter baskets to put away. Why did we color so many Easter eggs? They did look so festive that we couldn’t resist coloring just a few more. We could feel a bit let down after all the celebration unless we remember that Jesus still with us. We now get to live out this year in his presence. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is at work in us. In a few weeks we will remember the gift, the Spirit of Christ is with us always. We will never be abandoned even if we feel alone and adrift at times. This year we may get knocked down but we won’t be destroyed. We may feel alone but never abandoned. We may grieve but never without comfort. Nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. We are on the path of God’s Kingdom. We have not yet even begun to imagine the things that God has prepared for those who love Him. We get glimpses of it through the Spirit, but ultimately it is beyond human imagination. We ask the Lord to move in our midst and move ever closer to the fullness of the kingdom of God. We are citizens of God’s new world, a world of justice, righteousness, joy and peace. Every Sunday is a new resurrection morning as is every new day in the presence of our God.