“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!” (Psalm 118:24) Today is much like the day that Jesus Christ returned to His Disciples after His Resurrection. The Disciples were mourning His loss and were very frightened and startled when He appeared. Christ said, “Look at my hands and my feet. See it is I. Touch me; I am not a ghost.” While they were overjoyed to realize that everything written about…..
After the Sabbath,Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to the tomb, and an earthquake shook the earth. An angel descended from heaven and rolled back the stone of the tomb; his face was bold like the lightning and his robe as white as new-fallen snow. The soldiers shook so badly that they looked like they were dead. The angel said, “Fear not, for I know you seek Jesus. He is risen, and the tomb is empty. Go tell His…..
I’m sitting here at my kitchen table, watching the first signs of spring in my front yard and saying to myself, “O what a beautiful Easter Sunday God has given us.” The grass is starting to green up, and the robins and finches are singing their beautiful counterpoints. But I wonder what type of a day greeted Mary as she entered the empty tomb on that first Easter Sunday. She must have been shocked and so worried about where her…..
