Is He really alive?

TODAY'S READING: Mark 16:1-8
Do you ever wonder what you would have thought if you had been there? I am not sure if I would have understood what was going on. Sure, with 2,000 years of Christianity and the rest of the story available to read it makes sense to us. Sometimes we are too hard on the people who were there. We act like one of those people who already saw the movie and we can't understand why the person watching it for the first time doesn't see the end coming.
But then again, maybe we are more like the people who were there than we think. Do we believe in the resurrection? Sure. Do we know that the stone is going to be rolled away? Yeah. But...
What about the ending that hasn't come yet? Do we believe that Jesus will return? Do we know that we will all stand before God? Do we believe that Jesus is still alive?
As you reflect on those questions, consider this...
Do we live like it?
Do we live like Jesus is alive or do we try to handle life on our own?
Do we live like Jesus is the living Lord and Savior or Someone in a book?
Do we live like our friends and neighbors need Jesus or that it doesn't really matter?
Do we live like our life has been bought with Jesus' blood or do we live for ourselves?
Do we live like church is a 24/7 relationship with family or do we treat it like another activity or social club?
Do we live like following Jesus is a lifestyle or a hobby?
We may wonder about the women at the tomb because they seemed a little clueless about what is going on. But I wonder what someone would think if they read about us hundreds of years from now. Would we seem like the women at the tomb? Would they wonder why we didn't understand what Jesus had been telling us and preparing us for all along?

shine!
Jason