The Greatest Comeback EVER

At least two times a year I attend church with my mother-in-law, Easter & Mother's Day. I loved Pastor Norm Wilkie's sermon yesterday. He said, "Today celebrates the greatest COMEBACK ever. It's the day that hell had a panic attack. When Jesus said, "It is finished", the minions of hell said, "Oh, no -- we are finished!" There are many that don't believe in this day. They discount everything that happened. But, with the songwriter, I sing....."I know that He is living, whatever men may say. You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart!"

And the very best part, not only was this Christ's greatest comeback EVER, but it can be OUR greatest COMEBACK, too! Like Pastor Norm said, "Christ's resurrection wasn't for behavior modification and it's not a self-help course. It's an opportunity to have a transformed life by accepting His love and forgiveness." Indeed -- this day represents the greatest COMEBACK for Christ AND for you and me!

Holy Saturday = Miracle in the Making

Holy Saturday! Today it seemed all hope was gone. Jesus was dead. He was laid to rest. His body was anointed and wrapped in clean linens, then was laid in a tomb. The stone was rolled over the entrance and now it surely seemed to be the end.

Up to this point, death was final. But while those He lived with, laughed with, and cried with, were in their deepest sorrow – the GREATEST of all MIRACLES was

taking place. Jesus was conquering death, hell and the grave, and this tomb would soon be empty and Jesus would soon show Himself alive to His disciples. I love this. Dumb devil! He thought he had won, but 1 Corinthians 2:8 says "None of the rulers of this world understood it, because if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." And, from that point to today.....we continue to give that dumb devil the reminder that "We know the rest of the story, and the end of the BOOK, and WE WIN!"