Because we are crazy people (sometimes), we decided once again to drive the 16-hour trip to Colorado through the night. We left at 4:00p.m. and drove most of the drive through the dark hours of night.

As I’ve been meditating on the significance of this Easter weekend, I have seen our trip as an allegory of sorts. The earth had never experienced–nor ever will again–darkness like when Jesus had been buried in the tomb after enduring a horrific death on the cross. His followers were left wondering if they had been all wrong about Him. But exactly as it had been prophesied many years ago, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day, having conquered death and sin!

It was a blessing this Easter morning–after enduring all those hours of the darkness of night–to watch the sun rise through the trees of Wyoming.

It led me to give thanks that Jesus’ once-for-all death and resurrection have satisfied God’s wrath toward sin and allowed us to have salvation if we just believe.

Therefore, He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;

who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people,

because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. (Hebrews 7)