Long ago, on an Easter Sunday when Jeff and I were a new thing, we packed up two of our best friends headed over the mountains and through the valley to Jeff's grandparent's home in Salt Lake. We planned to spend the night there and wake up to see Music and the Spoken word on Temple Square, then attend Easter services and celebrate with Jeff's family. In the morning, my friend and I awoke to an Easter egg hunt the boys had prepared that led us all over the house. For years I kept the basket and the eggs, but many moves have left only one lone, little egg with a note inside as a reminder of that first Easter we spent together.
Quite a few things have changed since then- like, I havent't had a surprise egg hunt since- but what is constant is our celebration of that first Easter Sunday, long ago, when a tomb lay empty as a triumphant declaration, "He is not here: for he is risen..." (Matt 28:6). No other words make me feel as loved as child of God as these: He is risen. I know that for me, for you, for all, Jesus suffered human failings, sorrow, pain, mistreatment, and illness, and then conquered mortality so that everyone will have life after death.
Life can be horrible, but not because God doesn't love us. Because God does love us He knows us, and He knows that we can overcome whatever challenges face us in life through the strength He placed within us and the strength we need from Christ-who experienced it all and can be our ultimate comfort and Savior.
This video is about the risen Savior and the human experience and it's beautiful and amazing and empowering. So take two and half minutes to watch it, and then go and do something small and nice for someone.
Happy Easter Week!
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