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Beth purchased the chocolate bunnies and headed to the parking lot. Company was coming and she still needed to get groceries and clean. She made a mental note to get extra eggs for the kids to color.

It was Easter week. They wouldn’t likely get to church. Her mental check list went on. She knew she was too busy, but she squeezed God in where she could.

I’m sure God knew how easy it would be for us to do just that. He actually provides a regular reminder for us. He calls us to take part in Communion and with good reason.

“Do this in remembrance of me. For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.”
1 Corinthians 11: 26

In the business of “doing life” we often forget just what is actually proclaimed by Jesus’ death and His resurrection. It can so easily slip to the background of life and we can find ourselves living in dryness of soul, with divided hearts and sometimes with powerless, defeated lives.

Jesus knows us better than we know ourselves. That’s why He calls us to regularly remember Him; to keep proclaiming, in our individual lives, the truth of what His death on the cross means to us each day.

Proclaim it out loud…right now…

•    I proclaim I am forgiven (Thank you Lord! You alone know how I need You)
•    I proclaim I am loved (Thank you Lord that Your love is unconditional!)
•    I proclaim I am cleansed (Thank you Lord that my past is now behind me!)
•    I proclaim that by His grace I have all that I need (Thank you Lord for your undeserved grace and mercy to help me in my time of need!)

Do you believe it? The very same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is the same power that will be at work in your life as you believe and proclaim these truths.

Welcome the celebration at the Communion table this Easter. Have your heart refreshed with forgiveness and wholeness as you believe the truth of what God says about you, His child. Receive His love in fresh measure.

Father God, Amaze my heart today with the truth of these proclamations. Thank you for the hope Easter revives in my heart! Fill me with Your Spirit and let Your resurrection power flow in new ways in my life. Help me to remember the power, in Your death and resurrection, that is mine every day. Help me to grow into all You have planned for me to be and to do. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

By Gail Rodger
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God the Creator by John Calvin is a profound look at God’s role in creating, sustaining, and redeeming his creation, including us.

You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to him, who formed it, ‘He did not make me’? Can the pot say of the potter, “He knows nothing”? Isaiah 29:16

Recently an acquaintance expressed frustration with God. She felt he was allowing too many hardships in her life. While she did not say so, her words and attitude made me wonder if she blamed God for her misfortunes.

It’s easy to hang our heartaches on God. Why is my life so hard? Why can’t my life be happy like other people? When will you fix my world, God?

The apostle Paul reminds us of Isaiah’s metaphor: “Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’”

I am convinced I can become bitter toward God if I believe two myths: 1) I deserve to be happy, and 2) God is in charge of making it so. In truth, God is more interested in us becoming like Jesus and living life abundantly, and if we’re happy along the way that’s bonus. He also asks us to obey his ways and by doing so we enjoy many blessings.

Do you find yourself whining at God? Do you give God credit as Creator and recognize us as created? What attitude should flow from understanding that God made us, that he doesn’t ‘owe’ us, and that he has given us guidelines to enjoy a redeemed life?

God, forgive me for grumbling about my lot in life; humble me to accept who I am and this life of mine. Guide me in your ways that I may enjoy your life abundant. Amen.

Thought: Buy a small potted plant. Nurture it. Let it remind you that in the plainness of our lives and bodies we can still grow beauty.

By Dr. Bill Strom
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