New Life

What a beautiful morning. There is a coolness in the air that won’t be around much longer. There is green everywhere and splashes of spring color are popping up all over. The creation is calling out, “New Life.” It certainly is no accident that we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus in the springtime.

The message of Easter is, above anything, the message of New Life. It’s marvelous that our God created the seasons so that we would get repeated reminders of the newness of life. I don’t know about you, but it takes me a lot less than a year to soil the new life I’ve been given. It’s so easy to lose the sense of purpose and enthusiasm that we are suppose to carry with us each day.

LIFE – Love in Fervent Expectation. To me that’s a great summary of what life is suppose to be about. Centrally it’s about love. We were created as an act of love and it’s an act of love that gives us new life. Our love is suppose to be the badge that identifies us as followers of Christ. By this will they know we are His. Our celebration of live is in direct proportion to the love we live out in it. True joy is experienced in the love we share. Complete purpose is found in its sacrificial, selfless expression.

But our love is not to be random and unfocused. We should be loving in Fervent Expectation of the return of our great Lover, Jesus. It is no blessing to love listlessly and without enthusiasm. Our love should be excited and exuberant. That excitement flows from the knowledge that Jesus is coming back. His return will be significant. All that we see vaguely now, will become clear. All that we enjoy now is but a deposit of the complete joy His return will herald.

It’s Resurrection weekend. It’s a celebration of New Life made possible by sacrificial death.

Rejoice and be glad.

NIck

 

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