A Note from Pastor Lee
Two bushes in our yard looked quite dead over the winter. They are very old and a bit gnarly, and I didn’t much expect that they were anything but dead. Yet, as warm days arrived, buds started to appear, and I could see that they were indeed alive.
Appearances can be deceiving. Assumptions can be wrong. While it looks as if death is the winner over every human (as the old saying goes: When it comes to this world, no one gets out alive.)… we Christians talk as if there is more to existence than just this life, this world. – How do we know that?
Well, Jesus of Nazareth claimed to be the Messiah, the Savior of the Lord. Some folks thought he was committing blasphemy by making such a claim. Others thought he was just plain nuts! But this man, who died, as all humans die, came back to life! He could walk around with the very people who knew him very, very well. They had no doubt that it was him. He came back!
That’s Easter, man. Plain and simple. Resurrection is God’s stamp of approval on the man from Galilee. He is who he said he is! He is the Son of God! Now, follow him! Believe in him! Rely on him! Imitate him in your everyday words and actions.
Doing that makes all the difference in the world… and in the world to come; the one we enter after we die.
Yours in Christ -- Lee
Two bushes in our yard looked quite dead over the winter. They are very old and a bit gnarly, and I didn’t much expect that they were anything but dead. Yet, as warm days arrived, buds started to appear, and I could see that they were indeed alive.
Appearances can be deceiving. Assumptions can be wrong. While it looks as if death is the winner over every human (as the old saying goes: When it comes to this world, no one gets out alive.)… we Christians talk as if there is more to existence than just this life, this world. – How do we know that?
Well, Jesus of Nazareth claimed to be the Messiah, the Savior of the Lord. Some folks thought he was committing blasphemy by making such a claim. Others thought he was just plain nuts! But this man, who died, as all humans die, came back to life! He could walk around with the very people who knew him very, very well. They had no doubt that it was him. He came back!
That’s Easter, man. Plain and simple. Resurrection is God’s stamp of approval on the man from Galilee. He is who he said he is! He is the Son of God! Now, follow him! Believe in him! Rely on him! Imitate him in your everyday words and actions.
Doing that makes all the difference in the world… and in the world to come; the one we enter after we die.
Yours in Christ -- Lee
