Sometimes that's hard because we don't always see the results, or see the way ahead clearly. We can't always know. We may have to go where we haven't been before, meet folks with whom we otherwise would have no dealings, maybe not be received with open arms. That's when the good news of Easter is there to help us. Because this good news tells us we're not in it alone.
Easter is more than a day, more than a season.
It's a celebration of the fact that Christ is alive and that Christ's spirit is alive and present in this community. Every time we gather for Eucharist on Sunday it's a feast of the resurrection. It's a gathering, like those disciples gathered in that room, because we meet Jesus. We hear words of peace. We may hide it well behind fancy clothes and sunny smiles, but I think just like those disciples, we each come with fears and doubts.