Hope and Easter

Happy Resurrection day! Today we celebrate the completion of the greatest story ever told. Today, over two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and saved us all from death. Now because of him we don't have to live in sin and death, we have been forgiven and rescued.We know that bad things may happen, life may be stormy and terrifying, but this is not the end. We know that better things are still to come. Because of Him we have hope.

Hope is what makes a good story great. Think about it, at the end of your favorite book are all the main characters dead? Did they fail their quest? Did the villain win? No, good triumphed over evil. It might have cost a great price, but in the end they never lost hope. They may have doubted a few times, but they achieved their goal. What are we left with when we read "The End"? A sense of satisfaction, and hope for the characters, that they will live on. That life may not always be easy but they will find a way to overcome evil, and a way to live happily ever after.

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
 
And sweetest in the gale is heard;        
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
 
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;      
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

-Emily Dickinson