In the beginning...

Welcome to my new blog, Emmaus Road.

The story of the apostles meeting Jesus on the road to Emmaus has always been a powerful one for me. After Jesus' death they were despondent because they were sure that their great hope for the future had been extinguished by the cross. And yet in their very darkest hour Jesus came and walked with them.

Of course they didn't recognize Him, even though they were strangely and powerfully moved by His presence. "Then they said to each other, 'Were not our hearts burning (within us) while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?'" It was only after he broke bread with them that their eyes were opened and they realized he had traveled with them that afternoon on the road, and that indeed he had never left them at all.

That story is the story of our lives. We walk along the road, in good times and bad, sometimes scarcely aware of His presence. Especially in the hard times, like the patch of road we're walking right now, He can seem far away. And then something happens, and just like we've been struck with a bolt of grace, we know at once that He IS there, always WAS there...and always will be.

My prayer is that through these musings and your responses that we will all become more aware as we walk along of Christ's incredible, life-affirming, comforting, loving presence every step of the way.