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The great director and producer Cecil B. DeMille was not only a man of great talent but also a man of keen insight. He shared this observation with his friends:

While canoeing on a Maine lake, he noticed a horde of water beetles just below the surface of the water.

One of the water beetles came to the surface and slowly crawled up the side of the canoe. Finally, struggling to the top, the beetle grasped onto the wood and died.

DeMille forgot about the beetle until a few hours later when he noticed the beetle again. In the hot sun, its shell had become very dry and brittle. As DeMille watched, its shell split open and there emerged a new form, a dragonfly, which took to the air, its magnificent colors illuminated in the sunlight.

The dragonfly flew farther in an instant than the water beetle had crawled in days. Then it circled back and swooped down to the surface of the water. DeMille noticed its shadow on the water. The water beetles below might have seen it too. But now their erstwhile companion existed in a state far beyond their comprehension.

They were still living in their very small, limited world while their winged cousin had gained for himself all the freedom between earth and sky.

When he told friends about what he had seen, DeMille concluded with this penetrating question: “Would the great Creator of the universe do that for a water beetle and not for a human being?”

The Resurrection of Jesus is our assurance that what He did for the water beetle, He will do for us and more!

HAPPY EASTER!

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"Lord, you alone can sustain me with your life-giving Word and Spirit. Give me joy and strength to serve you always and help me to turn away from the leaven of sin and worldliness which brings corruption and death."

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