Today I had the pleasure of teaching Sunday School to the children of our small congregation. I say "teach" in the most humble sense, since it is they who teach me....... Of course I continued the lesson on the Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord from last week. I LOVE speaking about the story of stories. The foundation of our faith lies completely on this. That despite pain and death, there is this Hope that cannot be contained. JESUS IS RISEN!
As I asked what each symbol meant, the children eagerly shot up their hands wanting to tell their part. Until we got to the last one, (an egg contained each symbol) It was empty!! After dying such a painful death, our Lord rose again and conquered sin and death! And an empty tomb remains.....
We talked about the Temple and the curtain, separating us from God and how it was torn. We who could not enter can now freely come into the very Presence of God! Then one of the elders came down and we were told to come back up to the main room with the adults, it is then we witnessed a miracle.......
A young woman who I have the pleasure to work with, got up to share a dance. Knowing some of her background and the enormous fear that once gripped her, I watched in awe....She used to come and cower in the shadows hardly ever uttering a word. Hurts from the past tried to keep her bound. I walk with her almost everyday at lunch and we share our love for Jesus freely and like a flower coming to bloom, I have watched her coming out. She testified, then danced like a powerful angel, bursting forth in joy and freedom. I jumped inside and stood to shout at the end along with the rest of the congregation, Alleluia!! Because He is risen, His resurrection power continues to raise us up even from the lowest depths. I received this week a verse from Him, and in it His healing power. No matter what we face, He lives to get us through it. I can testify to that truth. His story doesn't change, it won't, it will ever be our cure, our answer, our hope.....
Here is the verse....
"The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended" Isaiah 60:19,20
I feel His joy once again, I am breathing again......Jesus King of my heart forever!
