EASTER!

I was puttering around the house one day as our boys, age four and five, played in the front yard. I looked out the window now and then to be sure they were ok. They usually played well together.

Suddenly, I heard screaming coming from the front yard! As I opened the door, I saw Colin dragging Christopher, who was screaming, through the yard.

“Colin! What are you doing?” I yelled.

He replied, “We’re playing Jesus and he won’t get in the tomb!”

Every Easter I remember this scene and think about this — what if Jesus decided at the last minute he wouldn’t die on the cross? If he hadn’t died and then risen from the dead, proving his power over death, where would we be?

I thank God for sending a willing Jesus who loved us so much that he went through with the terrible torture he endured for us. He wants us to live with him forever!

“We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and he will never die again. Death no longer has power over him.” (Romans 6:9)