HAPPY EASTER!!! It’s interesting how certain events stick in your mind. As I think about Easter, a couple stand out. There was the year when after Sunrise service, there was an egg hunt. The Church sat on about 3 acres, and whoever did the eggs got a little crazy. These weren’t plastic eggs with candy… no, these were hard boiled, colored eggs. That was fine, except that us kids were still finding hidden eggs, weeks later. ICK! (They were fun to throw up in the air so they would go “SPLAT!) On another Easter, a lady was asked to reprise her roll from VBS as Mary Magdalene. We put up the “tomb” backdrop and asked her to shorten her presentation from 30 minutes, to about 5 minutes. Easter morning comes, and it’s overcast. It’s cold, and the spot we’ve chosen for people to stand during the presentation has about two inches of snow on the ground. The lady gets started. 5 minutes pass and she’s just getting started. 10 minutes pass and she’s just getting warmed up. One of the guys who’s fixing breakfast comes and looks out the door to see if we’re done. We aren’t! Another 10 minutes pass and it seems like she’s about done…. NOPE! The guy is back at the door and I just shrug my shoulders. By now, people are COLD, and the food downstairs is getting that way. Finally, after about 35 minutes, she finishes up! It was long, it was cold, but at least for me, it was memorable!
The Apostles were there for the “original Easter” morning. I’m sure it was unforgettable! The ladies coming from the tomb to tell them that Jesus’ body is gone and that angels have told them that He is ALIVE! Mary Magdalene coming and telling them that she has seen and talked to Jesus! The two who left town and went to Emmaus and talked to Jesus on the road… I’m sure all these things were burned into their minds! Even if they were a bit forgetful, they were promised some “heavenly help.” John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. The Apostles were given “perfect recall” by the Holy Spirit, so they could remember exactly what Jesus said and did. Not only that, but the Holy Spirit had the job of “teaching all things” to the Apostles that they would need to know. Luke 12:11–12 “When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
I wish God was still handing out that gift… I sure could use it! I guess you and I will just have to Study God’s Word and learn it!
In this time when we especially remember Jesus’ resurrection, take the time to LEARN all about it!
Still learning with you,
John
