Light Breaking Forth | Easter 2020

radiant light <3 

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.
// isaiah 58:8 

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
// 1 corinthians 15:55-57 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
// 1 peter 1:3

As someone was discussing in a radio broadcast I heard recently... We shouldn’t talk about Easter only one Sunday in the spring. We should be steeped in it. Easter should flavor our lives every day of the year. We don’t go to church on Easter Sunday to learn what Easter is—we go to celebrate what we already know, and to worship. 

Isn't that a thrilling thought? Christmas and Easter are wonderful holidays that serve well as timely reminders of what's important, days to make memories with family, and opportunities to share our faith with the world. 

But living for Jesus is about so much more than that. He should be the center of our lives every single day. We have too much to celebrate to cram it all into a couple days or weekends a year! 

Just think of it.

Our sin, an unimaginable debt that we could never even hope to repay, has been covered. Paid in full by the blood of Christ Jesus, our perfect sinless Savior. Hands that held nations, stretched out on a tree. Our very souls redeemed from a destiny in hell. The only One who could repossess the keys to death and the grave snatched them from the hand of the wicked one. The power of darkness holds no more dominion over us.

This is worth sharing, so very worthy.

Morning has dawned. Our Lord has risen. The light is breaking forth. His love is real. Hope abounds. Mercy flows anew.

This is what it's all about. This is the center, the core, where all our hope, our everything, rests.

Saturday has ended. The wait is over. Darkness and despair has passed. Sunday is here. The light has come. The Lord has come. Because He lives, all fear is gone. 

Our hope resides in the glory of the stone rolled away. We have this hope. 

A thought occurred to me earlier today. Can you imagine the rejoicing in Heaven on that first Easter morning? Doesn't that thought bring a smile to your face? Just imagine the coming day when we'll all be joined together for a celebration like that. Every believer, reunited with all those we love in the presence of our Jesus.

All because of a Savior whose love for a sinsick world was greater than all else.

This is redemption from an unimaginably fate.

This is hope, living hope.

This is light breaking forth.

more jumbled thoughts. happy resurrection day, dears <3