Skip to main content

Easter overflow


Luke 24:5-6  (NLT)
Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?  He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead!..

It is the day after our Easter celebration and resurrection Sunday, and I am still enjoying the overflow of the events, worship and facts of the weekend.  No, I am not jacked up on the sugar of chocolate or other candy.  What Jesus did for us and the flowing of His unending grace never lets me down or leaves me without anything to share.

Hearing of all the activities around the churches where family and friends attends has been pretty electric.  Lives were been changed as the story of our Savior’s life, death and resurrection were shared.  Not only have our kids had a good time, but our lives will be forever changed by the goodness of God.

During our Easter worship at The Community Fellowship yesterday I shared a monologue on the life of Jesus from the perspective of a Jewish man who was raised as a religious man, a leader and a person who casually watched the last years of Jesus’ life.  Doing research and reading for this was eye opening and someone heart wrenching at the same time.  The monologue was a mash up of things I learned from the apostle John’s account of Jesus’ life, from the man named Nicodemus, and from Biblical and historical accounts we have.

This left me with an overflow of thankfulness.  Simply this thought … Jesus did that for me … left me grateful.  I’ve heard that thought and even had that thought for over four decades.  It only gets stronger through the years.

Actually as the things that matter, really matter, become more real to me my faith becomes even stronger without being deluded by material possessions and other things that so often distract us.  I am still selfish, but I am more aware of my selfishness and my need for God.

The cross was intended to be the place where your sins and mine were nailed and heaped upon our Savior.  Jesus willingly took those sins so that you and I would have changed lives.  The tomb is empty because my life matters to God, and it is fact that all lives matter to God.  The old song that says “red, yellow, black, and white; all are precious in His sight” is true in every way.

Share what Jesus means to you.  Has the Easter story and the realization that His life and death was for you impacted your thoughts this weekend?

God’s desire is that more people come to know and understand His unending grace.  How will you and I help others believe our great and mighty God?

He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

wash feet, sharing hope

  John 13:4-5,14 NLT  So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow.  He served.  He valued and gave value to others.  That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet.  It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives.  Jesus said we should do this.  See the verse above.  Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns.  One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns.  When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her.  Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns.  Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved.  Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?"  Beverly said, "Why yes I do."  Edith said, "Well, what do you ...