Easter is like the parable of the Prodigal Son: “This son of mine was dead and is alive again! This brother of yours was dead and is alive again!” (Luke 15:23&32) and so they celebrated with feasting and rejoicing. What was lost had been restored.

The job of Christ in coming at all was for this very thing, to restore to our Father the children, whose own ways had separated them from their Father. Jesus came to bridge the gap, to reunite the family of God, and to make a pathway for more and more reunions.

Easter is also like the parable of the Lost Sheep: “And when he finds it he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.” (Luke 15:5) When Jesus rose from the dead he carried all of humanity on his shoulders and for over two thousand years we have responded to his direction: “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.”

Jesus made it possible for each of us to turn to him for forgiveness to be restored to his Father and our Father at any moment. We can consciously put aside our “own way” and experience a reunion with Him that makes our hearts sing and rejoice. Easter can occur in us at any moment in time because it happened to him in both time and eternity.

On the morning of his resurrection Jesus told Mary Magdalene, “Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to y God and your God.’” (John 20:17). From that very moment we became brothers ad sisters of Christ, children of his Father God; and, as Paul has told us, “if children, then heirs.” (Romans 8:17)

Once at a church picnic I saw the two year old son of the pastor following my father around. I asked Dad who he was, and he answered, “He’s my grandson.” I was surprised that Dad’s heart desired a grandson, and was delighting in a surrogate for that time.

I believe God’s heart delights in His children and looks forward (in eternity!) to more and more fellowship with his “little ones.” Jesus’ death and resurrection opened the door for that fellowship. On Easter we can rejoice and acknowledge our wonderful Father God.

Happy, Happy Easter!

Love in Him,

Prue