How will I be different this Easter?

Here we are. It’s Saturday, the day before Easter. For many of us we are “busying” ourselves with Easter preparations. Getting bulletins ready, preparing church sanctuaries, practicing music; maybe even doing a little bit of shopping for those last minute details.

A friend commented that her husband was giving the morning message for Easter. What crossed my mind was “how do you make an Easter sermon special, unique and challenging?” Theoretically, the actual event of Christ’s resurrection was a one time thing. The details of what we know from the gospels haven’t changed, unless something is emphasized in a way that brings to light for us a new detail.

I find myself pondering how this Easter something will be “refreshened” in me, or even “rebirthed”. I don’t think so much as a “transformation” or to become a whole new person. I guess for me is a rebirth of Excitement for living my life in Christ. 

How will I be different this Easter? What will be awakened in me that will transform my life? Will I have a new sense of hope in the future? A new energy and excitement about life? Will I see the Messiah in a new way? All these thoughts are in my mind as I prepare for Easter.