“Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.” (Mark 16:6, NIV 1984).
My Musings – “Good Morning!” said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and the grass was very green. But Gandalf looked at him from under long bushy eyebrows that stuck out further than the brim of his shady hat. “What do you mean?” he said. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” “All of them at once,” said Bilbo. ” (“The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien).
In His Gospel, Matthew added, “just as He said.” (Matthew 28:6, NIV 1984). The angel might as well have also said, “good morning.” Meaning what? “All of them at once.” It was a good morning, whether people want to believe it or not. We can wish that they see it as good, and we can feel good about it. Finally, because He lives, every morning is a morning to be good on.
My Advice – Make a Hobbit habit of proclaiming that good morning.
