HAPPY EASTER
AN EASTER PERSON
Are you an Easter person?
You are an Easter person if you fervently, sincerely, joyously, hopefully believe that Jesus is not a dead memory but a living presence. If you believe that Jesus is alive in you and in all those around you.
You are an Easter person if you are experiencing what Jesus’ disciples experienced viz., that the life they had known and shared with Jesus was not buried with him but is now alive in them.
You are an Easter person when you cause resurrections in people by your acts of kindness, causing people to rise out of the death of drudgery in their everyday living into the new life of the enthusiasm and happiness of seeing each new day as a fresh adventure.
You are an Easter person when you cause a resurrection in someone who is self-righteous and judgmental by reminding that person that the judgment seat of God belongs to God alone and that those who condemn will be condemned, no matter how pious a pose he or she strikes. In this way you cause that person to rise out of the death of judgmentalism into a new life of compassion.
You are an Easter person when you cause resurrections in those who habitually manipulate others in their relationships by confronting them with the need to be honest with themselves about themselves. In this way you cause them to rise out of superficial and self-centered relationships into loving and caring relationships.
You are an Easter person when you cause a resurrection in someone who is depressed by offering honest words of encouragement but not flattery. You can find some good in that person and affirm that good. In this way you help that person to rise out of the death of depression into a new life of self-confidence.
Why not begin today to make a conscious effort to be an Easter person?
Are you an Easter person?
You are an Easter person if you fervently, sincerely, joyously, hopefully believe that Jesus is not a dead memory but a living presence. If you believe that Jesus is alive in you and in all those around you.
You are an Easter person if you are experiencing what Jesus’ disciples experienced viz., that the life they had known and shared with Jesus was not buried with him but is now alive in them.
You are an Easter person when you cause resurrections in people by your acts of kindness, causing people to rise out of the death of drudgery in their everyday living into the new life of the enthusiasm and happiness of seeing each new day as a fresh adventure.
You are an Easter person when you cause a resurrection in someone who is self-righteous and judgmental by reminding that person that the judgment seat of God belongs to God alone and that those who condemn will be condemned, no matter how pious a pose he or she strikes. In this way you cause that person to rise out of the death of judgmentalism into a new life of compassion.
You are an Easter person when you cause resurrections in those who habitually manipulate others in their relationships by confronting them with the need to be honest with themselves about themselves. In this way you cause them to rise out of superficial and self-centered relationships into loving and caring relationships.
You are an Easter person when you cause a resurrection in someone who is depressed by offering honest words of encouragement but not flattery. You can find some good in that person and affirm that good. In this way you help that person to rise out of the death of depression into a new life of self-confidence.
Why not begin today to make a conscious effort to be an Easter person?
posted by The Ronald | 10:36 AM
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I will begin today to be an Easter person. Thank you.
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