He is risen, We are risen!

On Easter Sunday Brandon said on his blog "Christ is risen- We are risen!"

Have I ever head it put that way? Do I live like I have risen? I am struck with this notion of being "risen". I have been a Christain all my life yet, I have never thought about it this way. As Christians we must die to ourselves, die to sin, and die to the world, this I know. But there is so much more to following Christ than dieing. We have to rise from death and live. We are risen! WOW!

Sometimes I focus so much on the things I need to die to, that I forget to that I am to be ALIVE in my Savior. Easter is a reminder of that for me. Long after the chocolate bunnies are digested and the plastic eggs put away for another year, Christ who rose from the dead all those years ago is alive in me. He is risen.

I have risen with him. I am not to walk around as if in funeral shrouds trying to die to my sinful nature over and over. I am to live and let the light of Christ shine through me. The God I serve has claimed my soul and called me to a life of light and building an ever lasting life. He rescued me from a life of dieing over and over. He is risen and so am I! What a powerful thought!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter with your families. Spring is all about coming back to life and being renewed. I hope you feel that. My hope this Spring for all of my siblings in Christ who I have met through this blog is that we will feel and live as if we have risen from the dead... because in Christ, we have! We are risen!