Easter.. The Lord is Risen! Alleluia!

Easter is Life. Life is Easter. Are you an Easter person? Do you live in the resurrected reality of human life? Jesus rose victorious over death and in so doing destroyed the power of death over those who put their trust in Him. He defeated the power of Satan and of sin. You and I now live, as we live in Him, with the power to overcome sin in our own life and experience. When we are tempted and scream inside HELP! He comes and gives us strength to resist the temptation. When we fail and sin and then realize what we have done and confess it to Him, He forgives instantly because it has already been paid for on the cross.

Is there anything, ANYTHING, more glorious of powerful than that in all of life? You and I are forgiven for all our sins, for all of time. The only thing left to do really is to give thanks and to tell others of this great gift. Of course if we are to tell them with any authority or authenticity we must tell them that we too have forgiven them just as we have been forgiven ourselves.

That is living the Easter life and that is living in Easter Community or Resurrection Life and Resurrection community.

Let's live that today wherever we are. Let's start with our closest family and friends. Forgiving them and receiving their forgiveness of us. Then take that Great News to our neighbors, co-workers and even to the newest people we meet anywhere we go.

Alleluia! The Lord is Risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!!