What's so great about Easter?

What is so great about Easter? Obviously Jesus being raised again to life, but also the restoration of hope for all of us. 

The tomb was so dark. No chinks of light. Unremitting blackness, death and decay. Jesus was dead and his body was wrapped for decomposition. 

Then the power of Almighty God knocked aside that huge stone. The light poured into the darkness, resurrecting life and the fragrance of hope.

Hope. World situations can lead us to despair; we can feel shut into a dark tomb where there is no light, no life. No stone is bigger than God’s wee finger or a puff of his breath to shift it aside.

Hope. Our own situation might be claustrophobically dark right now, devoid of light and life. No stone is bigger than God’s wee finger or a puff of his breath to shift it aside.

It’s with a shout of triumph that we greet Easter morn, whether we are still entombed or released. There is hope in our hearts because of Easter, because of Jesus. Our God is great and he is good; light and life are his gift to us today. 

He is risen indeed. Happy Easter.