Today as I my husband Eddie and I were putting away some groceries, he discovered that the can of flaky rolls with chocolate icing had exploded, popping the end off the can. Well, what could we do other than go ahead and bake them? Let’s just say that we temporarily forgot the diet we had just begun this morning.

Apparently I had left the groceries in the car a bit too long and the rolls got warm and began to rise in the can.  As they expanded, the container just couldn’t hold its contents any longer.

And since it is Easter weekend, it made me think of the resurrection of Christ!  After the third day, His grave couldn’t hold him any longer and he arose.

You know, I find it is that way with other things in our life. As Christians, we have an innate power that produces resurrection. Yes, it produces resurrection of our physical bodies someday, but in the here and now, this innate power, which is the Holy Spirit within us, is able to resurrect things in our lives that have been dead, numb, and powerless. 

The Holy Spirit is a somewhat like the yeast in my rolls. He is alive and active and is working to birth the power of resurrection in our lives.  When things get just right, the power is ignited and resurrection happens.  Read more...

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