He is Risen!

 Happy Easter!

Easter means so much more to me this year than it has in the past. Perhaps that is the natural result of time passing-- we lose more loved ones over time and we face more difficult challenges, and many of us turn to our hope in Jesus Christ and the promises that come from Him and His life to get through it. 

It's been a challenging few years. Mental illness is not fun, and I've had a hard time coming to accept that there is no cure, at least in my daughter's case. Only management of a condition--one that is not anyone's fault, but simply one of those sucky realities of the world we live in. I've also been part of a care and support crew (for lack of a better word) for a close friend who has been suffering debilitating health problems over the last two years. (Let me clarify, I've been part of the support/cheerleading team for two years--her challenges started long before I came into the picture.) And when you face those kinds of things up close and personal-- when death is a very real possibility, and there is not much hope of a perfectly healed life in the near future, if ever-- the resurrection of Christ becomes a much more powerful beacon of hope. There is HOPE for the future, no matter how hard things are today. I truly believe it!

"But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ." (Mosiah 16:8).

He is Risen! And that means someday, we will live again too!