A Post-Easter Post
I trust you had a blessed weekend thinking about our Lord and His resurrection. Maybe you attended a sunrise service and pictured what it was like the morning the women went to the tomb and found it empty. Maybe you were part of a communion service and wondered what it would have been like to be at the table with Jesus partaking of the last passover He would be a part of. Little did the disciples know how quickly the life they had known up to that time would change.
This past year, I read “The Robe” for the first time. It may be the only book that I put back on my shelf to re-read as soon as I finished it. I have not read it again yet but I plan to do. Although a fiction, there is so much that is thought provoking. Tonight, I watched the movie and it once again reminded me that Christ died for the whole world. No one is too unlovable or without hope. If we lived like we believe in a resurrected Christ, I suspect we would see more people come to believe in Him as well.
It’s so easy, once the festivities are over and the messages move to another topic, to go back to life as usual and forget what we profess to believe. Let’s not do that this year. Let’s not stop proclaiming that we serve a risen Savior. He is alive! He was crucified but He lives again! If nothing else, the smile on our faces should show people that we have a Reason to live. As I walk through malls or Walmarts all over the country, I sometimes wonder where all the people are who attend the myriads of churches in town. I rarely see love; I rarely see joy; I rarely see anything that makes me want to stop someone and ask them what’s different about them but it presents a challenge to me. When others look at me, can they tell that I’m different (in a positive way)? I hope so and, if they can’t, I pray that God will fill me so full that I will radiate with His light and be quick to point others to the one who is risen. We do serve a risen Savior, folks. Let’s act like it!
Great post Sony.