Not just a small little Easter

In these strange times, our traditions may have changed in the way we celebrate this day.  But Easter is not different this year.  It is not just a small little Easter, but perhaps, without all the trappings and wrappings and things added to it through the ages, the message of Easter is clearer now, more than ever before.

Christ has risen.
He has risen indeed.
He is still our resurrected Savior.

And He is still in the life-changing business.

There are seven words that altered the world.
At Christmas, the angels declared,
              "He is here!"
At Easter, the angel proclaimed,
               "He is not here!"

Jesus said,
   "I am the resurrection
                  and the life.
Whoever believes in Me,
though He die,
                yet shall He live."

                        John 11. 25

The Gospel literally means
              "Good News"
that this life
           is not all there is.
That is why Jesus came and died
                      and rose again
that we can live forever.
We are loved,
          more than we can know.
We are not alone,
                  even in this.

It's not just a small little Easter
                               after all.

Jesus is all over it.