The Sunday after Easter is often known as ‘Low’ Sunday. Perhaps because of the mental and physical slump after all that celebrating and chocolate? Perhaps because attendance at Sunday worship drops after the busyness of Easter Day? Are you up for resisting the drop and slump?

Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Day are all emotional enough for us today as we try to capture the drama and feelings, but imagine how draining they were for the disciples who actually walked through that journey with Jesus!

No wonder they weren’t sure what had happened!

We know Thomas today as ‘doubting’ Thomas, but I think that is unfair. He missed out on seeing Jesus for himself and simply wasn’t sure about what he heard from the other disciples. He went on to write his own gospel account and travelled widely declaring the Good News about Jesus, whose wounds he saw and touched, whose Resurrection he no longer doubted.

We see Jesus through the eyes of faith, with help from the Holy Spirit – we cannot touch His sides, see His scars, yet we believe. Jesus Himself declared that we are Blessed if we believe without the physical contact. Join us to escape the slump and meet Jesus in whatever low you are experiencing. His Blessing may surprise you.

God Bless,

REV Mark RS Smith