Risen Indeed!

If there are qualifications for hiding Easter eggs, I know I'm well qualified: I hide things from myself all the time and never find them! Consider this: three days earlier, their dearest friend had suffered a terribly agonizing death on a cross; His lifeless body was taken down and placed in a borrowed tomb; and, the entrance to the tomb officially sealed. "But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared [to finish anointing the body]. And they found the [large, circular] stone rolled back from the tomb, but when they went inside, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus." (Luke 24:1-3, AMP). I can only imagine what thoughts raced through the women's minds; but, while they were considering their next move, two angels appeared. Adding fear to confusion, the angels probed their hearts, "Why are you looking for the living One among the dead? (V.5). Stunned, I'm sure, the women listened intently: "'He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise [from death to life].'" And they remembered His words."(V.6-8). The same must echo in our hearts today: why do we listen-to and follow-after those things which lead into spiritual chaos rather than The One Who promises and delivers life - eternal life and sanctifying life! As certain as the lifeless body of Jesus Messiah was resurrected and He left that borrowed tomb leaving it empty as promised, we certainly have New Life in Christ: "the old things [are] passed away; behold, new things have come ... from God, Who reconciled us to Himself through Christ." (from 2 Corinthians 5:17-18). What soul-satisfying words as the women remembered Jesus' words, putting an end to their searching. Let us [too] remember: He Who was dead is now risen. He is Risen indeed!