Easter From My Point Of View 4/21/2019

Good Afternoon,

I was able to enjoy a cup of Door County Dublin's Delight this morning with some eggs and sausage. It sure was a match for the beautiful day God gave us to celebrate the resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ.

Easter Sunday was special to both my wife Rene and me. Our church served a breakfast to all those coming for the Sunday service. Rene and I were able to work with a great team of people to prepare and feed a large number of attenders. It reminded us of our younger days when three families would work together and serve a sunrise breakfast for Easter at the church we attended at the time. Those are very fond memories. The breakfast went off without a hitch and we both went home like the rest of the team tired and weary, but content knowing we had served as good as we could.

I would say it was our best attempt at celebrating a Risen Savior and serving at the same time . I can speak for the  group of workers and each one cherishes what Jesus did on the cross for the whole world, yet we all agree that He still knows us individually by name. The thought of His love for each of us stirs a person to want to serve.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene John 20:11-18

¹¹ Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb ¹² and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
¹³ They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” ¹⁴ At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
¹⁵ He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
¹⁷ Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

In the text above Jesus said Mary's name to her to get her attention. I believe if you or I were there He would have spoken our names too. He knows His sheep.

God Bless,

Marty