I journeyed back from TX last Wednesday and was able to be here in Chicago for Easter. We had some pretty decent (maybe spring is coming soon) weather. The service was a wonderful celebration. We opened up our home to anyone who didn't have family to spend Easter with and we ended up with a great crowd - 61 for lunch! It was so much fun and such a beautiful picture of the body of Christ. I looked around the house and was truly just in awe of the amazing people that the Lord has put in our life over the last 8 months. People were everywhere - and I could not have been happier.
What does the resurrection mean in our lives?
*It means that we serve a Living God - not someone that is dead and buried with a tombstone marker. He lives!
*It means that all our sin, all our shame was nailed to the cross on that Friday. We do not have to carry it.
*It means that when I am willing to die to something in my life, the power of the resurrection will bring something new and better into my life.
*It means that hurt, anger, bitterness, suffering and injustice have been conquered. While these things cause us pain and frustration in this world, ultimately - they are defeated.
*It means that the power that God used to raise Jesus is the same power that He offers me in my life - to live a life that honors Him.
As believers, we should - above all else - be people of HOPE.
We have a God that loved us so much that He allowed His Son Jesus to die on the cross in our place.
But . . . He didn't leave Him there. He Rose - just as He said He would. Good news indeed.
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