Easter, 2020

Jim Harbaugh - yes, that Jim Harbaugh, the Michigan football coach - said it so very well in a recent interview. The gest of his interview was featured in the Easter Sunday edition of the Detroit Free Press - Sports Section, of course.
However, he was not exactly talking about sports in his comments.
Here is what he had to say, "God stopped the world from spinning."
That's the way he put it - God stopped the world from spinning.
That rather effectively captures Easter, 2020.
It is an Easter far different from any we have ever known.
It is a time far different from any we have known.
As that sportsman put it, "God stopped the world from spinning."
Think about it.
Capture the essence of the message being set before us in these days.
Just days ago we were taking great pride in how strong our economy was. The stock market was providing so many with such a degree of security - financial security.
And now? Today?
What has happened to that security?
Jobs were booming! Lowest unemployment figures probably in history. More security.
And now? Today?
What has happened to that security?
Our military was never stronger, never better equipped, never more ready to provide us all with a true sense of security.
We had an arsenal of weapons, modern, sophisticated - security.
And now? Today?
What has happened to that security?
What were all the forces and arms able to do against that invisible enemy?
We were entrenching that security with a wall. Those who might seek to harm us would be kept out.
Security.
And now? Today?
What has happened to that security?
How effective has that security barrier been against the enemy that is keeping us isolated for our own protection?
The great hero's whom we looked up to - those multimillionaire sports stars and entertainers - what security do they provide us now?
They are running just as hard and just as fast as any of us.
We were so strong, so invincible, so technologically advanced, we thought we needed no one else.
We were crafting for ourselves a story sounding so much like the biblical Tower of Babel story.
And then it happened.
Almost overnight.
God stopped the world from spinning!
Mr. Harbaugh, in that interview, suggested that "This is something that should be a time where we grow our faith for reverence  and respect for God."
Truth is set before us this Easter, 2020.
Our government cannot save us.
Our technology cannot save us.
Our military cannot save us.
Our walls cannot save us.
Our weaponry cannot save us.
Our stuff and our money cannot save us.
If we truly hunger to be saved, then we have no other option but to look to the Cross.
If we want true salvation, saving that is eternal, there is only One who can give us that.
God has stopped the world from spinning to give us a chance to know the importance of truly being saved.
God stopped the world from spinning to give us the time to look to the Cross,
and to look for the One who brings eternal saving power to us.
God stopped the world from spinning to invite us again to discover anew the One who truly has power over death itself!

He is Risen!
Alleluia!
And Happy Easter!



Meantime - Stay Home; Stay Safe!