Pastoral reflections...... "Totally Awesome!"
A Sunday school kindergarten teacher was trying to see how much religious training her new students had.
She found one five-year old boy who knew very little about the story of Jesus. So she began by telling him about the death of Jesus on the cross. When he asked what a cross was, she picked up some sticks and made a crude cross. She told him that Jesus had been nailed to a cross and died.
The little boy, with eyes downcast, quietly said, "Oh, that's too bad!"
Then the teacher quickly said the Jesus rose from the dead and came back to life. Hearing that, the little boy's eyes got as big as saucers. His face lit up, and he exclaimed, "Totally awesome!"
Oh yes, "totally awesome" is the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ! The place of the skull has become a throne. Evil plotted and planned to defeat Christ but failed. The victory is God's. God is on both sides of the grave, and nothing----not even death---can separate us from God and the love of God.
Easter is Sunday, April 5! We will gather to worship, to celebrate the Good news that the tomb is empty, that Christ is risen, alive, that "He walks with us, talks with us, and tells us we are His own!"
"Totally awesome!” --Blessings! – Reverend Cooper Stonestreet