He arose

Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes,
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever, with His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!     Robert Lowry

He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: Luke 24:6

serve

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh ; rather, serve one another humbly in love. Galatians 5:13

renewed

I often think that people we have loved
and who have loved us…
become a part of us and
we carry them around all the time –
whether we see them or not. And in some ways we are a sum total
of those who have loved us and
those who have given themselves to us.

– Anonymous –

 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.    II Corinthians 4:16