Easter attire is abounding. Easter baskets are brimming. Easter Services are overflowing. The Easter tomb, in stark contrast, is EMPTY. “Empty” significance is quoted as “Resurrection” or “escape from death”. Could there be an additional and overlooked implication? As I observe our current dark, bleak world, I hope so. I long for the empty tomb to be symbolic of more than absence.
My heart aches for the throngs of Christians (and non-Christians) whose lives feel empty and alone. When a physical life (or spiritual life) feels empty, eyes see nothing but mortality, loneliness and despair. What if the vacant, unoccupied Easter tomb reminded us that Resurrection, salvation and joy are the result of Christ walking out of, and carrying us away from, worldly outer emptiness and into spiritual inner fulfillment? The prison of empty would then turn into overflowing escape.
Quite possibly, the best antidote for feeling incaved in an empty tomb is to know, believe and trust that following a Christ led life is the sole, and soul, way of leaving all emptiness behind. This is the promise of Easter. May it be ours today and every tomorrow.
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 