04.11.09

Happy Easter!

Posted in General Blog Post at 4:59 pm by Pastor Don

Dear Friends:

Happy Easter!  Best wishes to you during this Easter season.  Of course, as Christians, Easter is not a season like “Open Fishing” or “Duck Hunting.”  Easter is always the season for Christians.  It is who we are.  We are an Easter community.  While we give thanks daily for a Christ who died that we might be forgiven, we celebrate daily that he rose again, and gives us the assurance that we will also.  Christ is risen!

And yet, there are those who would say, “Well, where is the risen Christ?”  I had a little 7 year old girl tell me that Christ lives in the heart of the believer.  Bless her heart.  She’s spiritually wise beyond her years.  As Christians we can choose to be cynical about life, wring our hands and complain about all the bad things going on in the world.  Or we can choose to celebrate what’s right with the world, and that starts with a great loving God who seeks the best for each of us.  It starts with understanding that we serve a risen savior.  It starts with acknowledging that because He lives, I can face tomorrow; because He lives, all fear is gone.

For the Easter community, life is not about looking down, it is about looking up and around and understanding that life is about possibility and opportunity.  With that comes the understanding that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  He is a risen Christ.  You ask me how I know He lives.  He lives within my heart.

If ever you’d like to visit with me about the Easter promise, stop by; the coffee’s fresh and the lights are on.  Happy Easter!!

Your friend,
Pastor Don

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