Object: A shoe box gift-wrapped but with the ribbon broken and the paper looking as if it had obviously been unwrapped.

Happy Easter, everyone! Isn't this a wonderful day? Certainly the most exciting day of the year! Easter was started on excitement and it has always remained the same. Can you imagine how excited the people were on the first Easter when they heard about Jesus' coming back to life? They could hardly believe it because no one had ever done it before. Can you imagine the excitement?

Speaking of excitement, I was sure excited this morning when I found this gift. How many of you like to find gifts, especially when they are intended for you? You can imagine my excitement when I found this in the study when I got to church this morning. It looks like a gift, but it seems that t…