Happy Easter!

Well, here it is Saturday night and Jessie and I are finally feeling better. We ended up going to a big water park for the the day on Wednesday. We didn't realize that the sun was much brighter than we thought. It turned out we got completely fried. Jessie, on top of her sun burn, was also dealing with a cold. When she woke up this morning, she was complaining of pain in her ears. Needless to say, our little break turned out to be just resting time, because our sunburns hurts so much. Jessie and I both agree that we will be much better prepared next time. We will not underestimated the amount of sun screen to use.

I was reading the Bible today, I read the Easter story. I read over the verses about the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. It is in Luke 24:13-35. It was right after Jesus had just been crucified on the cross. These two disciple had just heard that Jesus' body was no longer in the tomb. There had also been talk of angels who said that Jesus had risen from the dead. Jesus' response to them was he had not heard a thing about what was going on. They told Jesus everything that had happened. Then, Jesus began to talk. It is interesting that they listened to Jesus talking, for who knows how long, but never even knew that it was Jesus. They wanted him to stay with them that evening and Jesus stayed with them for dinner as well. It was just after Jesus broke the bread, that their eyes were opened and they were able to know that it was Him that had been with them the whole time. It must have been a weird feeling to them, to have been listening to all that Jesus was talking about in the scriptures and yet they had no idea that it was Jesus. How often do we, as his disciples, hear Him speaking to us and we don't even know it is Him that is speaking. It remains a mystery, the reasons why He does that at times. I think He hides the purpose of what He does until the exact right moment, because He has perfect timing. What would those disciples have done if they had known that it was Jesus all along? Would they have listened? Would they have been freaked out knowing that the person they were talking to was the man that they had just seen put to death only days before? The Lord knew what He was doing when He didn't open their eyes right way. I hope and pray that your eyes may be open to what God is doing in your life. If it is not right now that your eyes are not open, be confident that God, who raised His son from death to life, knows what He is doing in your life. Trust him! Be encouraged today.

Happy Easter!