One of my fondest childhood memories is of our mother making my younger brother and me Easter outfits. Everything but the shirts, ties, and socks was lovingly sew by our mom.
Year after year, she made us new suits of clothes, not only because we kept growing, but also because she wanted us to look our Easter best. The picture with this post is from around 1976, when I was 8 and my little brother was 4. I also have ones from earlier and later years, but I won’t overshare.😊
Seeing myself and my younger brother, “back in the day,” as they say, makes me stop and think of all that has happened in our lives since then. Successes and failures, gains and losses, stand like place holders along a growing shelf of yearbooks. The title of the old soap opera says it well: “These are the days of our lives.”
In like manner, many folks I’ve met who live in nursing homes or assisted living centers are at the far end of life’s bookshelf. Yet they still enjoy telling their stories from years gone by. I’ve met former amateur boxers, professional musicians, and even a ballerina or two! Each of them told me in vivid detail about their youthful exploits and adventures, and how much they missed being able to box, play the pipe organ, or dance.
However, the true believers and followers of Jesus Christ were also quick to say that this world was not their home. They were looking for a new one in heaven, where bodies don’t die and talents don’t fade. There, through His death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus makes it possible for us to live forever in heaven, with the eternal Easter clothes He gives us that will never grow old!
When the perishable has been clothed with imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:54 (NIV)
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️ prayers and love.
This piece was first published in the Sunshine Weekly Newsletter, a publication which is shared in nursing homes and assisted living centers. A special thank you to Peter Caligiuri, aka “Pastor Pete,” for inviting me to contribute a monthly column! Peter blogs at praise2worship.net
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