Easter has always been my favorite holiday,
except for the brief period in my childhood where Christmas edged it out the
year I got my very own stereo.
Easter is spring, the end of the cold and dead
winter. Easter is new life. Easter is birds and daffodils and
sunshine. Easter is pastel dresses and
ties. Easter is bunnies and
ducks and chicks, and babies in bonnets.
Easter is egg hunts. And Easter
is chocolate eggs and chocolate bunnies and chocolate crosses and chocolate
ducks and chocolate chicks.
Make no mistake. Easter is chocolate.
Easter is one of those holidays that isn’t too
much. Commercialism hasn’t yet swallowed
it whole, and you don’t have to prepare months in advance to observe it. It’s a chance for families and friends to get
together and celebrate with a meal. People
aren’t incredulous if you decide that you are going away for Easter this year.
If you go to church regularly, you won’t miss
anything about Easter if you go to church.
In fact, church is expected at Easter because Easter is always on
Sunday. If you don’t go to church
regularly, you feel better about yourself if you go on Easter because Easter
Sunday is regarded as one of the most important days to go to church ever.
It’s really the perfect holiday.
By far the best part of Easter is the hope it
represents. Jesus’ death is a grisly
reminder of how ugly humanity can be, but his sacrifice and resurrection marks
the beginning of a new life for all of us.
His death signifies our eternal life, that despite our everyday failings
we can be renewed.
The specialness of Easter is that God showed his
love for us by giving his son as a sacrifice for our sins. Our certain death was reversed by this amazing
gift. Jesus’ blood washes our sins away,
and what’s more, God gave us his Spirit to guide us.
Easter is the point of God’s plan at which the
trajectory of the world, and each one of us, is given the chance to
change. Easter is when humans are given
a shot at eternal life. Easter is the
reminder of God’s gift, this love that we can’t experience in any other way.
And along with the chocolate, it’s not a bad set
of reasons for Easter to be a person’s favorite holiday.
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For
God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone
who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John
3:16 (NLT)
Hands down my favorite - amen! Easter blessings to you and your family! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Hope your Easter was a happy one. :)
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