For You and Me

Easter Sunday – 2026

The Love That Calls Us by Name

Easter begins in the dark.

Before dawn. Before understanding. Before hope has a name.

Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb expecting death. She carries grief, not expectation. She carries sorrow, not faith. She carries love — but a love that believes the story is over.

And then she sees it:

The stone is rolled away.

Not by human hands. Not by force. Not by strategy.

By God.

This is the moment the universe changes direction.

Death loses its claim. Sin loses its power. Darkness loses its final word.

And here is the truth at the center of Easter:

**Christ rises not only to prove who He is —

but to bring us into the life He shares with the Father.**

The Resurrection is not a symbol. It is not a metaphor. It is not a spiritual encouragement.It is an event.

A victory.

A new creation.

And it reveals the fullness of the love we’ve traced all week:

• Palm Sunday: Christ receives imperfect love.

• Monday: Christ receives costly love.

• Tuesday: Christ receives fragile love.

• Wednesday: Christ remains steady in love.

• Thursday: Christ kneels in love.

• Friday: Christ obeys in love.

• Saturday: Christ works in hidden love.

• Sunday: Christ rises in triumphant love.

This is the thread:

**To love like Christ, we must also learn to receive love like Christ —

and Easter is the day we receive the greatest love of all.**

A love that:

breaks open tombs restores what was lost heals what was shattered redeems what was ruined raises what was dead

Easter asks us:

Where have I assumed the story is over?

Where have I accepted defeat too quickly?

Where have I stopped expecting God to move

Where do I need resurrection, not repair

Where is Christ calling me out of the tomb

Because Easter is not about going back to life as it was.

It is about stepping into life as it can be — life remade, life renewed, life resurrected.

And the first word the risen Christ speaks?

Not thunder. Not command. Not rebuke.

He says: “Mary.”

A name. A relationship. A love that recognizes and restores.

Easter begins with being known.

Prayer of the Day

“Risen Lord, You shattered the darkness and opened the way to eternal life. Call my name as You called Mary’s. Bring resurrection to the places in me that feel sealed or silent. Let Your victory become my hope, my courage, and my joy. Jesus, I trust in You.”

Daily Practice

Name one place in your life that feels like a tomb —

and ask Christ to roll the stone away.

Not by your strength.

Not by your strategy.

By His resurrection power.