Repeat that title as many times as it takes for the words to sink in. It's a fact that makes all the difference.
This may be the strangest Easter any of us has ever experienced. A day when we dearly WANT to be in church but can't. Let me urge you to watch the service of your church online. If your church doesn't offer that option, then find services on your television or computer. Sing the songs. Pray the prayers. Read along in your Bible as the preacher preaches. Without feeling any pressure to dress up in something new, just worship and give thanks for God's unspeakable gift of His Son who died to take the punishment for our sins but rose from that grave three days later.
Luke 24:1-8 -- "On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” Then they remembered his words.
Have a glorious Easter, everyone!
