We are busy preparing for our church Easter drama and the youth trip to Holiday Youth Convention. It's going to be a busy, but awesome, weekend around ALC!
This time of year, we get so busy planning for programs and family visits and tend to get consumed with new clothes, etc., but this year, let's try to keep in mind the resurrection we are celebrating! 2 Corinthians 2:13-15 says "We're not keeping this quiet, not on your life. Just like the psalmist who wrote, "I believed it, so I said it," we say what we believe. And what we believe is that the One who raised up the Master Jesus will just as certainly raise us up..." That's exciting!!
The resurrection of Jesus, so many years ago, gave us hope that nothing could ever take away! Hopelessness and despair are prominent in the world right now...there is turmoil all around. But those of us who know God have, as Peter said, "a lively hope!" We have hope that life in this world is only temporary. We have hope that mistakes and sins will be forgiven. We have hope that He is coming again. We have hope that there will someday be a new Heaven and a new earth and that the Kingdom of God will reign. This wonderful hope is not found in our own abilities or our own goodness...it comes through the hope we were given when our Savior rose from the dead and shortly thereafter gave us the plan of salvation.
I hope all of you have a wonderful Easter!
XOXO,
Amberly
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