After Easter Letdown

For the Christian, Easter Week can and often is a spiritual high.  From celebrating communion, to focusing in on the cross, through rejoicing in the resurrection, we often have a mountain top experience with the Lord.  Add onto those observances, many churches have special musicals or dramas that move the spirit.  Often times what happens is there is a Monday morning letdown because we come back to the normal routine of the daily grind.   All that was generated as we celebrate Easter quickly dissipates as we face another week.

I recognize that we cannot stay on the mountaintop.  Jesus would not even let his disciples stay there.  So what is the answer to the Monday morning blahs that are sure to come.  A story from Easter account can help us.  Luke 24 records the story of Jesus meeting two disciples on the road to Emmaus.  As they were experiencing the post-crucifixion blahs (for they did not know that Jesus had been raised), Jesus appeared to them and the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.  As He talked with them about their discouragement, Jesus opened up the Scriptures from the law and prophets to show them that the Christ had to be crucified and on the third day rise again.  When Jesus finally revealed Himself to them, He left and they said to one another, “did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” (Luke 24:32 ESV)

Here lies our answer to the post Easter Blahs, a dose of the Word of God.  For when we read the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit helps us understand the meaning so that our hearts can burn within us.  We cannot live on the mountain tops, so as we walk the plains of life we need to read daily from the word of God.  We may not experience a tremendous spiritual high, but our hearts will be warmed.  Think about it.