He Is Risen!

He Is risen, he is risen indeed.
Can this be true? I'm not quite believing what I'm hearing, That man died and yet credible witnesses, men and women are claiming he is alive. These were people who went to the tomb and saw with their own eyes the miracle that has occured.

I know he was dead, I put him there on that cross and yet the grave couldn't hold him. Death fears him.
But Why?
If death really fears him and the grave can't or couldn't hold him.
Can it hold me? Can I concur this as well through him?
I believe the answer is a loud and resounding YES!

Through this man, no through this saviour I have been granted freedom.
Freedom to Be, Freedom to Believe, Freedom to Become.

He died so that I wouldn't have to, He died so I could have a brighter future.
Even before I was born my days were laid out for me, And his death allowed the connection to be established. But its not his death I celebrate today. ITS HIS RISING AGAIN.
Its his willingness to keep after us, espescially when we humans would have given up
Who is this man? This Saviour? What is his name?

His name is Christ, Jesus Christ!
Do you know him?

Easter...what does it really mean?

Today is Good Friday....

Why do we call it that? What is so good about Jesus death on that cross?

Why would someone who was perfect be beaten, scourged, mocked and murdered for people like us? What is this insanity?

Actually to be more correct its the Easter Weekend. and again I ask why would anyone be beaten, mocked, scourged and murdered for Me? Why would God send his son?

For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him. (John 3:17esv)

The story of Easter, the truth of the gospel, the unbelivable yet true account of a man who knowing he was going to suffer did so willingly so that I could be saved, so that I could be free.

But Why?

Every Easter I seem to ask myself the same question and everyyear I get a different answer. This year is no exception. But how do I even begin to explain and share my answer...

I suppose the best place to start at is the beginning of the story.

A few weeks ago a pastor in the States held a Koran burning ceremony and a mock trial. In response to this several people died and the ripples of these actions are yet unknown. My question when I heard this was, What do we do now? How do we recover from this? And many, I mean many people heard where I was at and they either sided with me, or told me to let it go.

I refused and I thought about it long and hard and this is what I came up with, and it does fit witht the whole idea of Easter.

If we are Christ-followers and we are passionate aboutt eh gospel and the message of Christ, Why are we so quick to bury our heads and allow this man to damage the message of the gospel?
Christ came to save the world, he didnt come to hobknob with the rich and the the healthy, He didn't die for nothing, He died for our freedom, becuase we needed a bridge to get back to God.

And okay I'll admit its good to see someone doing something, but it was the wrong something.

But still they idea that a man would sacrifice himself, be beaten scourged mocked and murdered only to rise again three days later, so that we can sow discord and be doormats who refuse to stand up is proposterous.

So I ask again, why did he die? and what are we going to do about it? I for one am done sitting back, I for one Am ready to stand up and be counted amongst the people who stand for teh one who gave his life so that I could live mine.

Now what does Easter mean to you?

A word from the heart

Its strange how life seems to advance and to go forward in such a manner that we as people if not paying attention get left behind. I was reminded of this today as I attended the His Imprint Writers Conference held annually.in Saskatoon to encourage writers to keep going. Keep pressing on and pursuing their writing in a world were the word Christian and the name Jesus are to be used. It was an eye opener, A reminder that as life is difficult it is a grand thing to follow God with all your might and as a servant of the Kingdom of the most high God it is our duty to be servants and use every medium available to us to do the job we need to do. The integrity of our writing should reflect the integrity with which we go about our daily lives. How that looks for each of us is something we must discover for ourselves. If I want to live my life as unto the Lord, then I must do so even in my writing. What my writing is going to look like is completly up to God and if it takes me a couple years to get where I need to go, then so be it. But I will do my best. Follow along and see where this takes me. After All you never know till you try....right.