The darkest hour?

“It is always darkest just before dawn” That pre-dawn moment that first Easter must have been dark indeed. The empty tomb; Mary Magdalene’s cry of despair: “They have taken my Lord away and I don’t know where they have put him!” And then, the realisation that the man standing nearby was Jesus himself! In our darkest moments, we can also feel alone. But just as Jesus rose from the dead, as he had promised, we know that God has promised us: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” May that promise comfort all of us this Easter.