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Pastor Peggy's Page (move your mouse over text to pause scrolling) 

Pastor Peggy's Page 

Today is 70 degrees as I write this message, but last week as I was walking from my car into church for a meeting, I was shivering and it was only 30 degrees.  Brrrr, and we grumbled as we took off our coats.  One optimist in the crowd said, "Oh, well at least we know that this cold weather won't last this time of year.  We have had our first taste of spring and there is hope that the warm weather will soon be back."  I commented that "Yes, we must live with that hope in Chicago in the Spring."  Winters can feel so long and grey in the Midwest; if we didn't have the hope of green grass and budding flowers, it would be even more difficult to face the last cold dreary days.  That hope of springtime that comes so easily after the first warm day is the exact kind of hope we should be feeling about Easter. 


      On Palm Sunday, we celebrated Jesus riding into the city of Jerusalem on a donkey.  The King, the Messiah, coming in peace while the crowds cheered and shouted Hosanna!  We have a taste of joy and celebration on this joyous day.  The somber heaviness of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, as we face the rejection, betrayal, and crucifixion of Christ would be unbearable without the hope of Easter.  The Words "He is Risen" are spoken and the resurrection joy returns with even more appreciation.  Our sadness gives way to joy and hope in Christ's victory over death on
the cross.
 
      "The King is dead, long live the King!" according to Wikipedia was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father Charles VI in 1422, signifying that the people chanting had faith that the monarchy would survive and live on even though the current King had died.  For Christians, the resurrection is the true sign that Jesus the King lives on.  He left this earth but the Kingdom is stronger than ever.  We sang part of the Halleluiah Chorus from Handel's Messiah as I concluded my sermon on Palm Sunday,

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah!
The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord,
And of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever!
King of kings, and Lord of lords,
and He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings, forever and ever, and Lord of lords,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

      May the Joy and Hope of Easter remain in your hearts every day.  Blessings, Pastor Peggy


Acts 10:39-43
We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

 

 
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