He Has Risen!
He has risen indeed!
Today we mark Jesus' defeat over death. It could not hold Him. He paid everything, but that was not the end of the story.
For He did not stay as only the Sacrificial Lamb. He also became the Conquering King!
And what does that mean for us?
It means that this is not our real life or our real home. We are here for 80+ years, if we're lucky. Heaven is forever. Which is more real?
Keep an eternal perspective on your marriage. If things are difficult now, remember that what you see is not all there is.
And Easter weekend means that in Christ our marriages are new creations. We aren't just new creations; God can knit us together is new ways. God sees us with Jesus' righteousness. He doesn't see us through the fog and blemish and ugliness of sin; He sees us through Jesus' goodness. Try to see yourself with God's eyes. Whatever you did before marriage, or even early in your marriage, that may have displeased God is gone now. When you accept Jesus' sacrifice for you, you are a new creation.
And God can knit you together with your husband to form something beautiful in His eyes. And what He has called beautiful is beautiful indeed.
But He doesn't just forgive. The message of Easter is not just forgiveness but also power.
For Christ rose again, defeating death. And then He sent the Holy Spirit to give us power for life and godliness. We have God's power!
Power to forgive.
Power to love.
Power to be kind, even in difficult times.
Power to hope.
Power to heal.
I don't know where you are today in your marriage, but let Easter be a day where you celebrate new beginnings and power to live a godly life. That is His gift to you; do not turn it away.
Related posts:
No Bunny Ever Rose from the Dead, But Somebody Did!
