Easter
Quotes - Jesus no longer belongs to the past
“Easter
is God throwing everything at death so that I can give everything to life.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Jesus
no longer belongs to the past but lives in the present and is projected toward
the future; Jesus is the everlasting "today" of God. This is how the
newness of God appears to the women, the disciples, and all of us: as victory
over sin, evil, and death - over everything that crushes life and makes it seem
less human. And this is a message meant for me and for you, dear sister, you,
dear brother. How often does Love have to tell us, "Why do you look for
the living among the dead?" Our daily problems and worries can wrap us up
in ourselves, in sadness and bitterness...and that is where death is. That is
not the place to look for the One who is alive!”
―
Pope Francis, The Church of Mercy
“The
beauty of the cross and our crucified Lord cannot be easily fathomed by human
mind or by barely reading scriptures in bits, but by careful reading of entire
scripture in the spirit which will in turn engulf one with wisdom n love.”
―
Henrietta Newton Martin
“We
need to know that our limits do not define our limitations. And an empty tomb
does exactly that.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Crucified
Love lives with us today and till the end of times as He promised.Amen.The
beauty of the cross and our crucified Lord cannot be fathomed by human mind or
by barely reading scriptures in bits, but by careful reading of entire
scripture in the spirit which will in turn engulf one with wisdom and love.”
―
Henrietta Newton Martin
“My
sin murdered Him. And out of this self-loathing shame borne of the
understanding that I could perpetrate such a heinous act, I am barely able to
raise my head sufficiently to ask what crazed insanity would prompt Jesus to
walk out of an empty tomb for the single purpose of pursuing a decaying soul
that murdered Him? And I would be wise to consider that the question itself is
asked only because I have yet to touch the barest periphery of God’s love
despite the fact that because of an empty tomb it stands right in front of me.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough, An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus
“Sure,
things die. Yet hard on the heels of every death there comes a birth. And if
the life around me is being perpetually refreshed in such a relentless manner,
why would I think that the life within me can’t have the same experience.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Reasonably
speaking, we can see the cross as entirely possible. But in considering Easter,
we see an empty tomb as entirely impossible. And is it possible that God had to
do the impossible to finally get our attention?”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Ever
notice how baby shampoo smells like spring?”
―
Toni Sorenson
“Crucified
Love lives with us today and till the end of times, as He promised.Amen.The
beauty of the cross and our crucified Lord cannot be easily fathomed by human
mind or by barely reading scriptures in bits, but by careful reading of entire
scripture in the spirit which will in turn engulf one with wisdom and love.”
―
Henrietta Newton Martin
“Christmas
and Easter are attitudinal bookends for an enlightened world view. With an
enlightened view of Christmas, we understand that it is within our power
through God to give birth to a divine self. With an enlightened view of Easter,
we understand that this self is the power of the universe before which death
itself has no real power. Resurrection is the symbol of joy, it is the great
'ah-ha!' The acceptance of the resurrection is the realization of the fact that
we need wait no longer to see ourselves as healed and whole.”
―
Marianne Williamson
“We
almost always undervalue the significance of the Victory at the Cross.But as
our understanding is gradually enlightened, we are continuously awed at how
much the Father hath loved us”
―
Kingsley Onwuchekwa
“Pakistan
is an Islamic country and the victim of an Easter terrorist attack. Groups like
Isis or in this case the Taliban are not about religion. No more than the KKK
is about Christianity. These groups are about hate! I did post on the Pakistani
attack because it is really important to point out that brown and black people
in the middle east and Africa are being killed. Terrorism isn't about Islam. It
is about hate. SO let's fight this hate. Let's stand united with our Islamic
brothers and sisters who are being slaughtered. Step back from judging a
religion you are not exposed to. Understand that we need to work together. ALL
faiths. That's how we defeat this”
―
Johnny Corn
“The
sure path to tomorrow was plotted in a manger and paved on a cross. And
although this sturdy byway is mine for the taking, I have incessantly chosen
lesser paths. And maybe it is time to realize that Christmas is a promise that
I can walk through the world and never get lost in the woods.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Despite
the fact that life has repeatedly reinforced my conviction that the tomb was
empty, some of my most profound errors have occurred when I was straining under
the weight of a death that was in reality the liberation of a transition.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Too
often our lives are soiled to desperation by endings that in reality are
magnificently outnumbered by beginnings. And unless we become convinced that an
ending is always the birthplace of a beginning that is on its way, we will live
terribly soiled lives.”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Do
I dare believe such an absurdly outrageous story that a man would die, lay
lifeless in some tomb for three days and then somehow live again? Yet, if I
dare to consider it, is that not exactly what I so desperately desire for this
lifeless life of mine? And is Easter God’s tenderly outrageous way of telling
me that that is exactly what I can have?”
―
Craig D. Lounsbrough
