This morning after enjoying breakfast together as a faith community we processed from the cross on our front grounds to the worship center. We heard those words that have rung from the Moravian Cemetery in Salem, NC for years when the faithful gather in the dark early on Easter morn and the pastor yells:"Why are you here? He is not here. He is RISEN!"
And so began our Resurrection Sunday worship. Just days before we gathered at the same cross at the conclusion of our Maundy Thursday service and took down the purple cloth and adorned it in black. A somber reminder of what took place on that horrible, dark, Good Friday. As we gathered this morning the same cross covered in white cloth reminded each of us that only God could take an instrument of death and use it to bring eternal life. It moved from being a symbol of hope to being a sign of hope.
Praise God for His incredible gift! Now we live in Resurrection hope as we live for His 2nd coming. May God help each of us to share our hope with the world where we live, work and play.
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