That First Easter Mourning

The one letter difference between the words “mourning” and “morning” holds eternal significance to all who ponder on the redeeming events of that first Easter season.

We fail to comprehend that “mourning.” We who base our faith in Christ cannot fully understand the mourning of those who believed they had lost their lord and master. Those whose faith was strengthened by the presence of Christ himself, they who forsook all they had to follow him whom they who knew to be the son of god, were left in the gall of bitterness as they saw what they presumed to be the end of their lord and savior. “And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.” (Luke23:27) This statement encompasses the “mourning” of the saints and the misery in which they thought to be left.

The “mourning” surrounding that Easter season was foretold by the condemned himself “the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,”. (Matthew 20:18) The master knew that the mourning was inevitable, but he equally predicted the coming of the "morning"

 Jesus Christ had laid down his perfect life. His sacrifice led to the mourning of the saints, but also led the way into the redeeming light of the third morning. Just as many wept for the cause of mourning, so many wept at the events of this new morning. For the son of man had risen again! Jesus Christ, whose death had caused so many to mourn, rose from the death and brought a new light to the world. All who died would now live again.

And so the Morning overcame the mourning, and provided us with a path this Easter season that can lead to happiness, meaning and peace! The path that leads back to our savior Jesus Christ, and our lovingly Father in Heaven.