Chinese Grave Site

 Looking up from our departed loved ones' graves, we could see many others.  Some needing some repair and facelift showed how long someone had been 'gone.'

It reminded me, since it is Easter time, well, a couple weeks past now, that Jesus is the resurrection and the Life.  He told Martha and Mary,

"I am the resurrection and the life.  Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die.  Do you believe this" (John 11:25-26 ESV)?

And then Jesus raised their brother Lazarus from the dead.

We too can look forward to being resurrected.  After all, Jesus conquered sin, death and the grave.  Those of us who believe in Jesus have this confidence, this assurance.

Whether we are in the grave or still living we have this sure hope;

" ... And the dead in Christ will rise first.  Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ESV).

Praise the Lord, we can look forward to this.  And because He lives we can face tomorrow, whatever it brings.

Let's keep looking up to Him.

                                              ~  ERC  April 2026  ~

Based on John 11:25-27 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ESV.

Sing, Up From the Grave He Arose, along with Emmanuel Church Eastleigh.