Easter

Today is Easter Sunday.  I will pause from the study of Luke to take the day to celebrate Easter.  It is hard to imagine all the feelings on the part of the disciples from Friday to Sunday.  They were discouraged and afraid we know.  You may find yourself discouraged and defeated today, but as with the disciples that doesn't have to be the end of it.  The women were concerned about the body, and went to look for Jesus in the tomb that had been sealed.  We need not be concerned about the tomb, because Jesus is not there.  The women received the good news from the angel that Jesus was not there but He had risen.  This is the good news of Easter, and everyday, today.  The women went to share the good news with the disciples, and we need to be sharing it as well.  Peter and John went to check out what the women told them, and we need to personally come to Jesus to understand the significance of the empty tomb that the women and disciples found that first Easter, and that is that Jesus was not there, but He has risen.  As we celebrate Easter today, we need to tell the world that Jesus is not here, but He has risen, defeating sin and death forever.