I just wanted to take a moment and reflect upon the importance of Easter. The photo aboveis from the Church's News Webpage: http://newsroom.lds.org/. The description reads: "The tomb where the body of Jesus Christ is believed to have been laid." I like this picture because it reminds me of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior. When I think on the resurrection, I think on the atonement, His suffering and crucifixion. For all of us Jesus Christ died and for all of us He lives again!
I love the words to the hymn "I Know that My Redeemer Lives." They read:
I know that my Redeemer lives.
What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, he lives, who once was dead.
He lives, my ever-living Head.
He lives to bless me with his love.
He lives to plead for me above.
He lives my hungry soul to feed.
He lives to bless in time of need.
He lives to grant me rich supply.
He lives to guide me with his eye.
He lives to comfort me when faint.
He lives to hear my soul’s complaint.
He lives to silence all my fears.
He lives to wipe away my tears.
He lives to calm my troubled heart.
He lives all blessings to impart.
He lives, my kind, wise heav’nly Friend.
He lives and loves me to the end.
He lives, and while he lives, I’ll sing.
He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King.
He lives and grants me daily breath.
He lives, and I shall conquer death.
He lives my mansion to prepare.
He lives to bring me safely there.
He lives! All glory to his name!
He lives, my Savior, still the same.
Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives:
“I know that my Redeemer lives!”
He lives! All glory to his name!
He lives, my Savior, still the same.
Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives:
“I know that my Redeemer lives!”
These lyrics are a sweet testimony to the divinity of Christ and what he has done and can do for us. What can we do for Him? Elder Holland, an Apostle of the Lord said "may we declare ourselves to be more fully disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, not in word only and not only in the flush of comfortable times but in deed and in courage and in faith, including when the path is lonely and when our cross is difficult to bear. This Easter week and always, may we stand by Jesus Christ “at all times and in all things, and in all places that [we] may be in, even until death,” for surely that is how He stood by us when it was unto death and when He had to stand entirely and utterly alone" (General Conference, April 2009 http://lds.org/). I will strive to be faithful to my Savior and stand as a witness of him at all times, in all things and in all places. I testify that Jesus Christ lives! and that He atoned for me that I may be clean and return to live with Him. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
