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Good morning? Yes, dear brothers and sisters. It was (and is) a good morning.

He is Risen!

It would take a mind that still waits for us in the place He’s prepared for us to plumb the depths of the mystery of all that was true of the span of three days and three nights after the human heart of Jesus stopped on the cross. Sin may have been the reason, but sin’s power was not great enough to do it. It demanded a power only God possessed and the willing submission of His only Son—our perfect Lamb. Equally true was that very same power was the only one equal to reviving the heart of Jesus and His rising again as He said He would. In a moment I cannot begin to comprehend, the same power that lives within us compressed the chest of our Savior and made His precious heart begin to beat again. His first breath closely followed. Can you even begin to see what those profound moments looked like? To hear what that first beat and breath sounded like? The percussive nature of both must have been seismic. Can you even begin to imagine that? He is Risen, dear brother and sister!

His heart began beating again then, does yours beat like His now?

P.S. I encourage you to listen to Andrew Peterson’s song His Heart Beats on this glorious celebration of Resurrection Day. I do not only hear this exquisitely beautiful song, but I also quite literally feel it. I pray you can too today as you celebrate our Risen Savior.