Sunday is Coming!!!

I can barely contain my excitement...tomorrow is EASTER! Each Friday and Saturday before Easter, I think back to what the disciples, Jesus' friends and family must have been feeling those two days following his crucifixion. I cannot image the emotions, the complete sense of loss and disbelief that he could actually be dead, that they must have felt as their leader, their friend, and their Lord's body lay in the tomb. Oh, but on the third day, that first Resurrection Sunday...I shiver with awe and excitement just trying to imagine a glimpse of the hope and joy they must have felt as they saw the empty tomb and were given the blessed Easter message...HE IS NOT HERE...HE IS RISEN! And it is on these words, this truth, that all our hope, joy, forgiveness, love and peace are found! We do not serve a once good man or even a once powerful prophet, but we serve a Risen Savior! Please, in all the excitement of pretty clothes, egg hunts, and wonderful time with family...don't forget that the true meaning of Easter is that our Savior, Jesus Christ, is ALIVE! Celebrate Him, worship Him, and bask in the joy that only He brings!