Saturday, March 30, 2013

He’s Alive


Mothers are shopping for clothes and shoes for themselves and their children. They go from one grocery store or market to the next looking for the perfect ham, lamb, collard greens or green beans.

Eggs are boiled by the dozens and dipped in dye. Candies and baskets are purchased as cakes bake in the oven. Visits are made to the hair salons, nail salons and barbershops.

Church parking lots are filled and extra chairs are added to the pews to hold the many visitors who frequent the church on Easter Sunday.

When the church service ends some children hunt for Easter eggs before a grand Easter dinner. Families gather together to enjoy the feast.

There are some children and even adults that don’t give a thought about the celebration of Easter outside of their new attire and fine meals.

The fact of the matter is Jesus is alive! We are celebrating His resurrection. He never asked us to buy new clothes, have each hair in place or prepare a meal fit for a king. What He has asked is that we invite Him into our lives.

He wants to abide in us as we abide in Him. He was us to sup with Him to have a relationship with Him and share Him with everyone we meet.  He wants us to live our lives according to His word in righteousness and Holiness. He wants us to know the He loved us so much He gave His life for us so that we may have eternal life and one day see Him face to face.

On this and every day let us celebrate a risen Savior by following His example of showing love. As we read in 1 Corinthians 13 love or charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth.



Happy Easter, Jesus is Alive!

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