The third day

^{Luke 24:  4} While they were wondering about this,

 suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning 

stood beside them. ⁵ In their fright the women bowed 

with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 

“Why do you look for the living among the dead? ⁶ 

 He is not here; he has risen! 

Yes, indeed.  He has risen!!

Church was awesome yesterday.  

I went to practice and at one point

Coleen leaned over and said, "Jesus

is here" and pointed to the back.  I see

this guy come in and said, "he doesn't

look much like Jesus."  She said, "He

plays a really good Jesus."  Ok.  he's been

in a play at some point, right?  So the choir is 

singing "Resurrecting" .  We are signing.  

All of a sudden a light comes from my

left as the door opens and in walks

Jesus.  I quit signing just like that.

She said my mouth was open.  It

probably was.  I know my eyes

filled with tears.  It was amazing!

In the service, even though I knew

he was coming in, I still got very

emotional, but continued to sign.

We signed toward Jesus rather than

to our right as we usually do.  it was a 

very powerful moment for me.  I'm

tearing up right now!

On Easter morning the disciples saw Jesus' graveclothes

 lying on the cold slab still wrapped round 

and round the corpse. Only the corpse was gone,

 much like an empty chrysalis deserted by a butterfly

 who has left to soar free. "He is risen as He said," 

an angel told the incredulous disciples.

Have a blessed Easter and make sure

your children know it's not about the

eggs and candy, it's about Jesus!