Happy Easter in a Good Friday World

Happy Belated Easter... Sorry, I have been delayed in posting this.

Our pastor's sermon on Easter Sunday was a good one.  Some Sunday's I have a hard time paying attention to the sermon because E is causing some kind of chaos that I am trying to control.  Easter Sunday, E was on his best behavior, so I could really pay attention.

The Pastor had a Caribou cup and that immediately caught my attention.  He spoke about how on Good Friday, the barista had wished him a "Good, Good Friday."  This is an odd comment to make.  Good Friday is when Jesus died on the cross for us.  This was a day of pain, torture and suffering for Jesus-not a good day for him.  

The Pastor then told the rest of the Easter story, Jesus was placed in the tomb, the stone was rolled away and Jesus was no longer there.  He rose from the dead to save us from our sins, so that we would have eternal life with him.  This was a GREAT day for all of us.

We live in a Good Friday world, were bad things happen to people all the time.  We need to remember the Easter story though and that God gave his only son to die for us, so that we may have eternal life!  We need to remember this as we go about our days, this is not our forever home and life here is temporary and we should remember to have hope and joy, because Jesus died on the cross for us.

He has RISEN!  He has RISEN INDEED!

 Pictures from Easter Weekend...