SPECIAL SUNDAYS By Sally I. Kennedy

On the first day of the week.......... Luke 24:1

Easter is coming up soon. What a special Sunday Easter is! Sundays, in general, are special to people for a variety of reasons. A day off. Sleeping in. How about food? (I thought of hot fudge sundaes, yummy!)

Maybe it means getting up early, rushing around, getting kids ready, going to church as usual - and looking all calm and happy when you get there.

When I was a child, Sundays meant afternoon outings with my dad. Baseball games, long walks to the park. Maybe ice cream. We didn’t see much of him during the week; he went to work before I got up and came home after I went to bed. So Sundays were special.

With our kids, Sundays has been a family day. When they were little, we did simple things with them, mostly everyone sticking around the house. For years, now, we’ve had a hamburger cookout on Sunday noon. Our kids and grandkids like getting together. It makes our Sundays special.

No matter how great our Sundays might be, the very best Sunday ever was the day we call Easter Sunday. The day Jesus came alive again, after being dead. The day He first talked to people in his resurrected form.

Everyday can be Easter Sunday for us, as we encounter the risen Christ in our daily lives. That, is good news!