Easter People 

   We have spent forty days of Lent, offering sacrifice as Jesus sacrificed for us.  We have celebrated Holy Thursday, remembering the incredible act of humility Jesus showed in the washing of the feet of His apostles; an example of how we are to be servants rather than the served.  We have mourned at the death of our Lord on the cross on Good Friday and joyously celebrated His resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday.

   But for Christians Easter is not just a Sunday in spring, it is a way of life.  We are to be the people of Easter, always celebrating the life of Jesus.  We are to be willing to sacrifice for others as He sacrificed for us; to wash the feet of others rather than demand that they wash ours.  To try to live as He lived, a life full of love.

   Above all else we are to be people of the resurrection; to celebrate the fact that this life is only a prelude to the life to come.  There will be joy and happiness in this life, but none can compare with the joy that awaits us in the next.  There will be sadness and sorrow in this life, but even the worst this life has to offer cannot dampen the glory we will know in heaven.

   We are blessed in so many ways and should be eternally grateful.  We are meant to enjoy this life and the gifts God has given us.  However, we are not to live for this world, but for the next.  We are Easter people, the people of the resurrection.

   “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.” (John 14: 3).  Amen, Lord Jesus, come soon! 

Easter comes and goes.

But we carry Easter in our hearts.

We celebrate Your resurrection always.

We await Your coming in glory.

 Amen