Resurrection Hope!

Shawn Kirkley and Lee Smith wear matching Easter jackets

We experienced the hope of the resurrection on Easter Sunday with three of our College Church family members who have lost a parent during the past year.  Rachel Ammons, Arris Shabaglian and Aaron Roland all shared why they receive hope and comfort from the thought of seeing their loved ones again.  Shawn Kirkley wore his hope of the resurrection--a pink tie.  His mother-in-law, Mary Tarkenton, always wanted Shawn to wear pink--she thought it was a good color for him.  Turns out, he and Lee Smith showed up in exactly the same Easter jacket--a light blue sports blazer.  

"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.  For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.  Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.  Therefore comfort one another with these words."  1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 (New American Standard Version)

--Posted by Mama O.