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I had a moment this morning. Thought I would share it.

It’s not new. I imagine countless other people have shared it over the past 2170 years or so…

I had to get up around 6:00am this morning to get ready for the day, and was surprised to see the sun had woken up just a bit before me. It wasn’t full-on bright, but the light was beginning to illuminate our formerly dark house.

In the quiet, dimly lit morning, I just had a flash of a thought… “This is when it happened.” The coolest moment in history. Well, perhaps the second coolest, as Jesus said “It is finished” on the cross, but there isn’t much space between 1st and 2nd place there, in my mind!

God’s plan had come to fruition. Everything went as planned, and now the curtain had been torn in two. The door was now wide open, no… it was gone between the Creator and his creations. No more rituals, no more sacrifices, no more separation… just wide open and free friendship.

In the quietness, I imagined the exhiliration he must have felt. As he once again breathed the air He created through his resurrected nostrils. As his eyes beheld the beauty of a morning sunrise, and his ears took in the busy sounds of the little fuzzy critters put there by his own hands. Amazing.

And it all happened today.

We can’t wait to hunt the easter eggs with the boys, and see what the Easter Bunny left in our baskets. That is a fun part of Easter! (My favorite part is of course, the chocolate…) 🙂 But Ian is wearing his “Jesus is ALIVE! That Rocks!” shirt. The true joy of the day is not the momentary fun of egg hunting, or present getting (or giving). It is the simple yet confounding truth of The Resurrection. The firstborn of a redeemed race. The ultimate picture of new life.

I had a moment this morning. A shadow of the original, but still a moment. One day I will experience a similar moment, and take my first breath in my new skin.

That will be quite a moment as well. 🙂