He is Risen

    We have become immune to the story of the resurrection. Like the story of Christ's brith we have heard it so many times that it is as if we have stopped listening with our hearts. We forget the power. Forget the mystery.
     We have become so used to the story of Easter that we forget that the idea that God could raise someone from the dead would have been difficult to believe. We have very few stories in scripture of saints being raised from the dead, or folks like Lazarus being unbound from his death clothes. The idea of Jesus's body being taken would have made more sense to the disciples at the empty tomb that morning then all that Jesus had been trying to teach them about his death and resurrection.  
    And when we forget, we miss some of the beauty of the Easter narrative. We miss seeing how the resurrection changed things forever. How it was no longer about what makes sense, but is instead about the God who can overturn our expectation. It is about a Savior who invites us to experience the resurrection. And the Holy Spirit who guides us. It is about the most powerful story ever told. The story that can changes lives and hearts.
    Let us experience a new the Easter story and let us proclaim "He is Risen!"