Easter

 

So often for people nowadays, Easter has become a time for a break, maybe a trip away to seek the sunshine or just for a rest for a few days from school or work. To many, it may well be that the only thing they think about Easter, is Easter Eggs. It is staggering really that we now have supermarkets with such a huge choice of chocolate eggs. Eggs with all sorts of goodies inside them, large eggs, fancy eggs, some very expensive posh eggs, white chocolate, dark chocolate and milk chocolate, the variety is almost unbelievable.
 
So I got thinking about these eggs and for us to get enjoyment from them we, of course, have to break them up into pieces.
 
I thought too of the nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall and “……all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together again”. Now some of you may think it’s a bit odd, but I was reminded of Jesus being nailed on the cross, His body broken by the severe beatings and the crown of thorns. His disciples, His friends, His family couldn’t put Jesus back together as they had known Him. The only way Jesus was restored was by the hands of the loving, almighty power of His Heavenly Father, the Creator God. No power of man could restore Jesus, He had died on that cross.
 
Now we don’t have to look far away from ourselves to see the brokenness in people’s lives, even in our own families, friends and neighbours, we see lives fallen apart. You may even at this moment feel the pain of hurt, the crush of disappointment, a fear of tomorrow and the future, but know this – Jesus didn’t die on that cross for nothing, He died on that cross for you!
 
The great news, of course, is that we have the real celebration of Easter Day, the day Jesus rose from the dead, complete and whole; the brokenness gone with full restoration. The loving God who restored His Son, is the same God who is there for you and for me.
 
Jesus Christ is risen today, Hallelujah, what a Saviour!!