Too Good To Be True

Have you ever had news that seems simply too good to be true?  In fact, the news is so good that joy explodes inside you, and you can hardly comprehend it!  I remember when my husband and I were trying to have a baby, time after time we were disappointed.  And then that day came, I’ll never forget it, when the nurse told me I was pregnant!  I wanted to jump over the counter and kiss her, I couldn’t believe it.  I walked home floating on a cloud, so incredibly overjoyed.  𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲.

In 1965, Navy Commander Porter Halyburton was shot down over Vietnam along with his co-pilot.  His wife Marty Halyburton was informed of his death and the news was absolutely devastating.  A young widow at 24 with a newborn baby to raise by herself.  Coming to grips with her husband’s death was truly hard and I cannot imagine the river of tears she must have shed.  18 months later it was discovered that Porter was a Prisoner of War in the Hanoi Hilton and not dead at all!  Military representatives came to Marty’s home with the dramatic news that her husband was alive – what a roller coaster.  She was then told not to tell anyone at this point.  How do you hide a new spring in your step, a smile that radiates from your lips, and eyes that brim with excitement?  As soon as Marty was permitted, she called everyone she could think of with the news; “𝗛𝗲’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲!”

After Jesus rose again He appeared to the eleven disciples, at first, they were frightened thinking that they were seeing a ghost and then Jesus showed them the brutal scars in His hands, the nail marks in His feet.  In Luke 24:41 it says this; “𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, “𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩?”  They were so amazed, and joy bubbled up within them, they almost couldn’t believe it.  Jesus was alive!!  They bought Him some fish and he ate, definitely not a ghost.  Can you just imagine their excitement?!

Joy and Amazement, Delight and Wonder.  Elation that Jesus was alive, that He rose again, defeated Satan, sin and death on our behalf!  Good news indeed.  Very good news.  Should this not be our reaction every time we sit with Him, each morning when we breath the name “Jesus,” at the beginning of our prayers.  Joy and Amazement that we are meeting with the One who made the stars to shine, took on the enemy and won, knows every hair on our heads.  Delight and Wonder that the Savior of the World sits down and communes with us! Oh, Precious Jesus, how wonderful. 

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗷𝗼𝘆, 𝗷𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱.