Living on the Other Side of Easter

(Here were some of my thoughts that I mentioned last Easter in Sunday School and I have been thinking hard on them during this Lent season)

In many contemporary Christian songs, I hear the phrase "there may be pain the night but the joy comes in the morning". It led me to think...why are we always living on the Saturday before Easter? Many times we get stuck in feeling sorry for ourselves, for the pain we are going through. We are heart broken, lost a friend, not believing the promises of Jesus.

Not believing what He told us was true. Doubt. Disbelief.

Why do we do this? We know what He said. Why are we still mourning? Many times I have wondered what I would have done if I was one of the disciples. I couldn't imagine how they must have been feeling on that Saturday. They had given up everything to follow Him. They had witnessed Him being arrested and taken from them. Then they watched as everyone mocked Him and as He suffered on the cross. Can you imagine? Someone you have spent years with. Not just an aquaintance, but a good friend. Then He tells you He's leaving but don't worry, I'm coming back again. WOW!!

Many times I hear people say that their faith is strong, but many times we do not know this until it is tested. The disciples were put through the ultimate test on that Friday and Saturday. I wish I could say that I would be clinging to the promise that He told me which was that He would return, but I do not think I would. Why? Because every day I suffer from the sin of self pity. Every day I forget His promises and instead think that I know the right answer. That there is no way He can be raised up from the dead - I watched Him die. Our human logical nature takes over.

I pray that tomorrow you will relive what it felt for the disciples when they found out that He Is Risen!! Cling to those promises that we know are true. I am hoping that I do not fall back into the Saturday before Easter. I know that I will because I am only human but I pray that I would have many more moments when I realize that He has always kept His promises and He always will!

We should be living our lives like it was Easter Morning every day!!!