On the Resurrection Side of Easter

God's Kingdom has come! I can see it! Bethlehem Baptist Church used to have a problem getting women in the doors. Now women are being baptized. 

Twice a week 20-30 women meet for Bible study and fellowship. Online. The local leader, a Romany woman, enthusiastically recruits more. (Photo from outdoor baptismal service last August. Note number of women "in church.")

However, God's will is not yet being done on earth as it is in heaven. I can see that, too! One of those women asked if we could repair her leaky roof. Her roof is not the only one. Nor is this door the only door that needs replacing. 

Meanwhile, other villagers build ever bigger houses, you and I casually consider remodeling our perfectly functional kitchens, and we tell ourselves that we really are too busy to visit that (elderly, sick, lonely, depressed . . .) neighbor down the street.

We live on the resurrection side of Easter. The light is glorious, but the ground is still muddy. 

Let us focus on the Light . . . and be willing, if He asks, to fix a roof or pave a street.

Like this one. Some villagers pitched together and paved it a few years ago. Maybe roofs as well as souls are next. 

(Photo of Mary & Olesea Ciochina, village of Vulcanesti, Moldova.)