Alleluia - Alleluia - He Is Risen!

What a wonderful thing happened that day when our Jesus was resurrected! It is the defining event of our faith … the power over death. A new beginning … how fitting that we should celebrate His resurrection in spring … a time of new life!

I will remember Easter forever, because it was on that day, 16 years ago that I became a new man … was given a new heart and a share of that great event … resurrection. That was the day I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into my heart.

Two things have happened this week that has had me musing about that glorious event. Although my mother had gone to heaven a decade before, my father – a wonderful Christian man – enjoyed the last eight years of his life with me, his born-again son. I could see the joy shining from his heart as we would talk about the Lord we shared. I will see them both again in heaven because that is what resurrection is all about.

The first thing that happened this week was the posting by my friend Alexander (Sasha) Shein of the video right under this posting. You should stop reading for a moment, go down a few inches and take a couple minutes to see this young boy talk about his father.

The second thing that happened was during my weekly phone conversation with Paul Weresch.

Paul and Betty have been in Germany, Poland and Russia … revisiting churches they have planted. It has been a glorious few weeks with the Lord blessing them greatly. They are so very thankful for that. However, the thing Paul wanted to talk to me about was a note from one of his sons, Jonathan. He and his wife Jen have been moved by the Lord to build some houses in El Salvador this summer with Habitat for Humanity. You could hear the joy in Paul’s voice as he spoke to me about his Godly son.

You see, all of Paul and Betty’s sons are serving the Lord. And, with all the joys and success the Lord has given the Weresch’s by His grace … the greatest is that they are witnessing God work in the lives of their children.

It is simple … Jesus Christ died for us and was resurrected … He asks us to remember that and believe … then pass it on to our children.

If the little boy in Sasha’s video clip sees a father who loves God with all his heart and shows it, he will follow in his father’s footsteps. And, the father will experience great joy, just as my father did, just as Paul and Betty did, just as you can if you pass that love on to your sons and daughters.

And, my dear friends, our great Father in heaven will also experience great joy and know … it was worth it!

Happy Easter!

Larry Abele - Editorial Team