Fourth Sunday of Easter – 

Proof of the Resurrection is not the empty tomb. The proof of his being our risen Messiah and Good Shepherd is right here right now, living and shining through every one of us who believe in Jesus. Even with our periodic bouts of sin, denial, and doubt, of fear and uncertainty, Jesus says about us: “I know mine and mine know me.”  We have a shepherd who genuinely loves us, just as we are, not the way we should be, because none of us is where we should be.