RESURRECTION, LIGHT AND DARK AND BACK TO LIGHT

Psalm 30:5 – "... in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." 

Matthew 28:1 says - "In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher." Verses 5-6 record what these women saw and heard - "And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said..."
  As we read the above Scriptures we become aware that there are periods in Life when we perceive that all around us is “darkness.”  Moments of darkness have been since the Beginning of Creation.  In Genesis we read that the Earth was `dark and void` and that from this came forth *Light.* In Psalm 30:5, we read that weeping (discouragement) may be for awhile, yet afterward is the morning. When we trust in the Reality that the `darkness` will pass,  the time spent during the night can still be filled with positive, faith filled, enthusiastic actions.

When we read of the Resurrection event we find that the sadness of the death of Jesus is filling the hearts of the disciples.  Yet as the followers enter the tomb they are struck with the *Brightness* of the moment. An Angel of God announces that Jesus has risen.

Joy, Amazement, and Wonder overtake the morning gathering, later to be shared with the many who did not go to the grave.

This is Resurrection Sunday.  Let’s lift up our eyes and see that whatever blessings the darkness may attempt to hide from us, we will see and receive what the divine light sends us.

Let’s all together sing and shout “HalleluJah !! Jesus Christ is Alive just as He

has said !!”

                                                                                 Br. Phil   4-18-14