Easter Epilogue-- So What Does It All Mean?

Three thoughts by way of epilogue...

1. "The tomb is empty--so now you don't have to be."
--Sign in front of a church seen this Easter (thanks Kerri!).


2. "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses...Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live!" Deuteronomy 30:19

Something about the crucifixion made every witness to it step toward it or away from it. And today, two thousand years later, the same is true. It's the watershed moment of humanity. It's the Continental Divide. And you're either on one side of it or the other. It's not that indecision is not permitted. No fence-sitting is possible. A choice is demanded. No decision, a decision for your status quo, is still a decision.

For the life blackened by failure--your life and mine--Easter means forgiveness. For the heart scarred with futility--your heart and mine--Easter means purpose. And for the soul looking into this side of the tunnel of death--your soul and mine--Easter means deliverance.

So look again, think again, one more time, carefully, prayerfully--what do you do with Easter? What do you choose?


3. "Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." John 19:30

Words of chance muttered by a desperate martyr? No.
Words of intent, a masterpiece painted by the Divine Deliverer on the canvas of sacrifice? O, thank God--yes!

It was with those very words that God permanently embedded in the earth three anchor points sturdy enough to withstand any hurricane in your life and mine:

Anchor Point One--My life is not futile.
Anchor Point Two--My failures are not fatal.
Anchor Point Three--My death is not final.

"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." Hebrews 6:19

So anchor deep, say a prayer, and hold on, hold tight, hold fast...and don't be surprised if Someone walks across water to give you a hand.

You've been prayed for today...



(Based on Max Lucado's No Wonder They Call Him The Savior, p. 21,
and Six Hours One Friday, pp. 25,26).