What a Great Weekend...

What a great weekend for a number of reasons. Allow me to extrapolate.

First, it's Easter. I am not one who focuses on the death of Jesus Christ as much as His life, and His resurrection. Don't get me wrong. His death was necessary and the Perfect Sacrifice had to be offered in order for the end of our vain attempts and rituals of atonement to occur. BUT, without His life and resurrection I have no hope. Paul wrote too many really good points in 1 Corinthians 15 for me to repeat, so you can read for yourself. In light of this I think that focusing on the cross is to emphasize the wrong aspect of Christ's life. It is however easier to have crosses hanging in our churches than to have empty tombs. I mean, if Jesus had been put to death by lethal injection would we have empty surgical tables hanging on our church walls and on chains around our necks? I focus on His life.

RLP does it again. Here is a link to Real Live Preachers latest post - Oh the Humanity. This is why I love this guy.

Finally, the weekend was especially special since I was able to take my Dad to the Master's Tournament at Augusta National yesterday. One of my co-workers called at 1 pm and said that he had 2 badges available for the rest of the afternoon. We were dressed and ready to go in minutes. It was cold and windy BUT for my Dad, who was an avid golfer for years, it was like a pilgrimage. I mentioned in previous posts that my parents just moved down to Aiken (It was actually 3 weeks ago today), and it is so good to have them here. I have seen them more times in the past 3 weeks that in the previous 3 years. I am happy to have them close and happy to be able to be a part of enabling my Dad to experience things that he has wished for but never had the opportunity - like seeing the Master's.

Life is good:) Oh, and each day brings another opportunity to work my way out of a job at UPS by working hard at real estate. It looks like I will have at least 3 closings in the next month.

I hope that your Easter weekend is a good one. The rest of my day will probably be spent relaxing, watching golf, hanging out with my family, and being thankful for the Kingdom of God.

WH