truth: not that there is no darkness, but that “light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” remembering that gives us comfort and makes us bold, it helps us encourage others and find goodness in the most difficult of days. we are an easter people because we have been to the cross and the grave and we know the promise god makes to us in jesus: god’s power and grace can transform anything, god’s love is stronger than the cross, stronger than death itself. god will wipe away every tear from our eyes, and make all things new. 