On one occasion Michelangelo, the great artist, turned on his fellow artists in a spirit of indignation. He said: “Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in weakness, Christ on the Cross, and most of all, Christ hanging dead? Why do you concentrate on the passing episode as if it were the last work, as if the curtain dropped on Him with disaster and defeat? That dreadful scene lasted…a few hours. But to the unending eternity, Christ is alive; the stone has been rolled away and He rules and reigns and triumphs!” (Source: “Christ is Alive,” Ministry 127, April 2021).
It seems we see much darkness over the world as we continue to deal with COVID-19, racism, and hate crimes agains asians. It appears that darkness has extinguished the light. But, Easter morning is the declaration that the light of the World cannot be put out. In John 1:5 says, “the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.”
The empty tomb, the resurrection of Jesus celebrate at Easter is a declaration of the transforming power of Christ overcoming darkness and bringing hope. The light shines on these dark areas with vaccine, people speaking out, and the public being aware of these hate crimes.
As Christians, we are called to be lights into this darkness. The death and resurrection of Jesus is the reason we put our faith and trust in Christ who gives us strength and comfort.
May you know the transforming power of the Risen Jesus, be filled with his light and so “your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
With Easter Blessings
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