He is not here.....

A quick note to collect my thoughts this morning.  They are tender, and should be recorded as my testimony.  Today I will teach the account of the Resurrection to my Sunday School Class. 

President Howard W. Hunter once said, "He is not here, but is risen" (Luke 24:6) contains all the hope, assurance, and belief necessary to sustain us in our challenging and sometimes grief-filled lives." 

I must admit, that as the resurrection once seemed to me as a nice story, since March of 2010 it has become a real life anchor of hope to cling to.

In April of 2009, I saw the following picture in the Ensign:

  Since the day that I first saw this picture, I have never forgotten the look on Peter's face.  It seems to me that it contains all of the hope, anticipation, and desire that must have filled his heart.....running to see someone, just moments ago, completely lost to him. 

I have never forgotten the image of his face, because those same feelings are imprinted on my own heart.  .  HE IS NOT HERE, HE IS RISEN.  Could there be anymore powerful words uttered?