Exclamation of JOY!!!!

Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Easter is the perfect time to be drinking the JOY JUICE of Jesus!

            Joe LoMusio in his book If I Should Die Before I Live poses the question, “If I were to ask you to describe Easter without using any words, you could only use punctuation marks, which punctuation mark would you choose to describe this Easter for yourself?" 

            “Maybe this Easter is a comma for you.  It makes you stop, pause, think and listen, but that’s about it.  It might be that this season is a downer---a big bold period.  You thought you’d feel excited, but instead it seems to be more like an empty ritual." 

           "There was a day when life felt like a period for Jesus’ disciples.  He was dead.    An end to their expectations.  But then they got the news of an empty tomb…the period was no longer a period, but a question mark!  That’s worse than a period.  They were perplexed.  The guards were gone, the stone rolled away.  Where was He?"

"An angel spoke, 'Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen!'  The periods are gone!  The question marks are removed!  There is one massive exclamation point!"

            "That’s what Easter is all about….an exclamation of gratitude and praise for the resurrection of Jesus Christ and for the salvation His victory over death brought to us!"  An exclamation of JOY!!!!!

            This Easter let's all exclaim the JOYful truth that Jesus is not dead!  He has risen from the grave!!!