April 2026
From the Pastor: He is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed! Alleluia!
Who? Who is risen? I didn’t see anyone rise. I got out of bed this morning. I went to work or school. So who are you talking about?
Sunday, April 5, many Christians across the world will celebrate Easter and in turn will hear the answer to the question, Who rose? But on that Easter morning way back in the day (Bible times) Mary Magdalene, Simon Peter and John went to see Jesus’ body and when they got there the stone had been rolled away. What happened to Jesus? Who would steal His body? Who could roll that stone away? It was super heavy. A mystery needed to be solved. And just like great mysteries, there were more questions than answers… Where’s Jesus?
Soon they would all be answered. Jesus appears to Mary, but she couldn’t recognize Him. OK, He didn’t allow her to recognize Him. But seeing that she is upset He speaks to her and says her name, Mary. This is the trigger for her to see who He really was, not the gardener, as she thought. Another mystery solved by Christ’s resurrection.
By now you may be thinking that Jesus is the answer to many mysteries. Well, not exactly. He wasn’t the one who let Bruce Willis know of his own death in the 6th Sense and He wasn’t the one who helped Andy Dufresne escape from Shawshank prison.
Another thing we remember is that there are just some things that we can’t explain, and it takes faith to believe it. And that is OK. God must want it that way or He would reveal it to us for us to know. But what we do know is that He is the Savior of the world. That Jesus bore our sins on the cross and rose again so that you and I could live with Him forever in heaven when we die. And we’re going to die someday; unless Christ comes back before then.
How can we help but look around us here and not say: “This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Mystery solved. Jesus is
risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia!
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