He Is Risen!

But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.  Mark 16:6

It is the Monday after Resurrection Day, and it does not lend itself to writing about anything but Jesus risen from the grave. We celebrated the risen Lord yesterday, but the celebration has only just begun! 

Three days after the body of our Lord was laid in the tomb, and the disciples and all others following Jesus expected no more than a dead body laid in a tomb. Yet, Jesus had told them three times and more that He would not stay put as most bodies do after death. A young man robed in white told Mary Magdalene that they were looking in the wrong place for Jesus. That place we look for Jesus to this day. No, no, we claim to not be doing that. How can you say such a thing? And yet, we search the graveyard of our past sins, opening up the mausoleums of forgiven iniquities and examining the contents at length. "Oh, I wish I hadn't done that!" we say in the pain of regret over a sin from way back when. As the angel said, look among the living for our Lord Jesus, for as we like to say to one another, "He is Risen!" Let us believe it, dear Lord Jesus, and may we stop rooting among the dead sins of our respective past. 

Love and joy in our Risen Lord Jesus to you! 

Bucky