A Greeting and a Response

   All across the world this coming Sunday people will greet each other with the words "He Is Risen", and others who receive this holy greeting will respond "He Is Risen, Indeed".

   From the cross, on that long ago Good Friday, Jesus Christ pronounced the words, "It Is Finished", signifying the sin debt was paid for all men everywhere by his death at the hands of his enemies.

    When we contrast the bleakness of that Good Friday with the joy of Easter Sunday, we see a microcosm of mankind going from:

          Sadness to Joy

          Despair to Hope

          Death to Life

   Why do we say that Good Friday is Good? Without Friday we could not experience Sunday.

   Resurrection Sunday, The Empty Tomb, New Life Begins...

   If that Greeting and Response is your heartfelt condition, rejoice to affirm again, the truths of God and of His Love for All Men Everywhere.

   And if not, look within your heart to see why not.

   Don't be stuck in the sadness, despair and death of Friday, Sunday is coming.

   He Is Risen!

         YES

   He Is Risen, Indeed!

        Amen and Amen