tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015147464184225573.post2308371478058589332..comments2023-06-07T08:22:13.268-05:00Comments on Savvy Sheep: Christ is Risen...Not the Easter BunnyRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18289899048471322587noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015147464184225573.post-80883587934963817812009-04-18T23:25:00.000-05:002009-04-18T23:25:00.000-05:00"Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept,..."Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, 'Woman, why are you crying?'<br />'They have taken my Lord away,' she said,'and I don't know where they have put him.' At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.<br />He asked her, 'Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?'<br />Thinking he was the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.'<br />Jesus said to her, 'Mary.'<br />She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, 'Rabboni!'"<br />John 20:11-16<br /><br />And that's what Easter is all about, Charlie Brown. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015147464184225573.post-33630949084214671862009-04-15T13:02:00.000-05:002009-04-15T13:02:00.000-05:00Yes, I've never been able to figure that out, eith...Yes, I've never been able to figure that out, either. I've often suspected marketing and consumerism in that, as well, since we don't even know when Jesus was born. I've heard some scholars suggest that Jesus was born sometime in April or May, but I don't know about that.<br />I guess the important thing is that we remember what all of this is commemorating. The day is less important than what we are celebrating.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289899048471322587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015147464184225573.post-87421067200679464582009-04-14T23:51:00.000-05:002009-04-14T23:51:00.000-05:00I have often wondered why the "War on Christmas" i...I have often wondered why the "War on Christmas" is such hot topic for conservative radio and t.v. personalities when EASTER is the more important of the two Christian Holidays. Could it be that even the mainstream "Christian" community doesn't "get" the POWER of the CROSS and the FREEDOM of the EMPTY TOMB!?<br /><br />HE is still the RISEN LORD here in my life and our house today, this week and always!Esthermay Bentley-Goossenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353385912611151311noreply@blogger.com