One Year Ago

One Year Ago

4 weeks before Easter Sunday 2020 we met to celebrate together
We sang
We embraced
We cheered and we chased after what God had put on our hearts for that morning
We shared
Words of scripture and cups of co ee and moments of laughter before we had to dash o , we
Had people coming round for lunch, we had to pick up the kids
So we headed for the door, but just before,
We looked back over our shoulders and said
See you next week

One Year Ago

How could we possibly know?

That next week would turn into next month and then more
That on that Sunday morning as we walked out that door
Everything changed.

One Year Ago

It's been a year full of pain

A year of stresses and strains
A year after which we'll never be the same

A year of protests and progress

A year of battles, of victories
A year of tragic, devastating loss

A year of confusion
A year of despair
A year of learning how to cut our own hair
A year of nancial hardship
A year of sacri ce
A year unlike any year in the rest of our lives

A year of loneliness, of distance

A year of virtual hugs
A year of cancelled plans
A year of jamming earplugs in because we've got an important work call but the kids are doing a music
lesson on zoom

A year where all we wanted was to be together in the same room

Like we were
One Year Ago

Before everything changed

Well..
Almost everything.

Jesus Christ
Is the same.
Yesterday
Today
And forever
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 He is true to his word
He is the bringer of peace
He's the healer of hearts, he has won and released
Us from the sin and the shame that was holding us down

He is seated on high
He is wearing the crown
He is lifting us up
When we're lifeless
And at on our face on the ground

He's the lord over all

The beginning and end
He's our brother, our rock
He's our most faithful friend

He is here.
With us.
Right now.
By his Holy Spirit.

Just as he was here.

With us.
One Year Ago.

Just as he will be here.

With us.
Forever.
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