I was waiting for surgery at Watford General Hospital when the London bombers struck.

News slowly leaked into the waiting room that something awful had happened just a few miles away in Central London that sunny July morning in 2005.

Eventually, we heard that all routine operations had been cancelled. The hospital had been put on alert to receive casualties from the London blasts.

In the event, Watford was not called upon to receive the injured from the terrorist attacks, but I completely understood why my op had to be postponed.

Terrorism kills. Terrorism injures and maims. Terrorism strikes at the heart of our societies – and that’s just what tragically it is designed to do.

The attacks in Brussels underline the uneasy feeling that nowhere is safe, or not as safe as once we thought it was.

Somehow, we have grown accustomed to gruesome scenes coming from places we might have visited on holiday or for work.

Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead at Easter. We believe, through Christ’s death and resurrection that new life, eternal life is offered to everyone who puts their faith in God.

The Easter story is about good winning over evil, love triumphing over death. It’s about hope winning through when everything seems so bleak. It’s a message that has driven many people to work for a better, peaceful world.

The story of Easter is, put simply, despite everything Love Wins.