Good Monday morning! A few people once thought that a life was over when the corpse was buried in the tomb. Those people thought there would never be a first Easter. How wrong they were! Yesterday we celebrated another in a long line of Resurrection Days. Today, we can celebrate the new beginning that Jesus made for all of us. Easter is one holiday that is never finished. We will clean up the dishes, put away the roaster, and see to the leftovers, but Jesus didn't stay down in that hole in the ground; our holiday each year only marks the beginning of new life in Christ.
Speaking of beginning, I see a season that is reluctant to begin this year. White on the grass and white on the roofs (rooves?) and it is almost May. Snow is coming down , straight down for once, and the scene looks a lot like winter outside. How many years have I written about a spring that is slow in coming? Pretty much all of them I think. I guess we'll just have to put out the High Plains edition of the calendar next year; one that shows the start of spring as May 31. Tell the scientists that vernal equinox thing just isn't working out for us.
Everyone I heard from speaks of the great Easter worship services and messages yesterday. That is good to hear! Easter is a wonderful time to remind people all around us of what the holiday is all about. Perhaps I should say WHO the holiday is all about. In a changed life I find it hard to not speak or write about Jesus at Easter. The world tries with its rabbits and candy to hide the true facts of Easter, but the Good News is that Jesus rose from the grave on the day we celebrate. Many religions have gods and heroes, but only one man has ever died for our sins and then left behind an empty tomb. Jesus didn't come to start a religion, but to save the world. Jesus rose again because he literally is the way to eternal life.
Bucky
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