Easter

With a toasted hot cross bun and a steaming cup of tea at my fingertips, I have a chance to think ahead to the next few days. As significant and important as this time of year is to me and many others, I recognise that, for some, it passes without real acknowledgement. Apart from providing a legitimate reason to eat chocolate without feeling guilty, an extra day off work and perhaps the chance to become reacquainted with a few far flung relatives, Easter is regarded by many as being unimportant. In fact, even more than that, it seems to have been branded by our society as the understated, boring and somewhat introverted relation to Christmas. 

Despite this secular attitude to the season, I feel very differently about Easter; along with millions of Christians around the world. For me, it sums up the awesome, indescribable and breath-taking love of a Heavenly Father God for his children. It’s a love that is not remotely selective or prejudiced, but extended to every single person on planet Earth. It builds up in times of discouragement; carries in times of despair; gives hope to the hopeless; strength to the weak and peace to the troubled. By sending His Son to die on a cross, God bridges the gap between Himself and humanity. Our sins are made clean through the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross and a relationship with our Creator is made possible. In my opinion, there is nothing understated, boring or introverted about that! 

It is impossible to describe God’s limitless love for every one of us. It surpasses understanding that the same God that flung stars into space and shaped the Earth in the palm of His hands, chose me and formed me and, because of this, loves me with an everlasting love. And yet the Bible tells me so:

“For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world below—there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
(Romans 8:37-39)

I don’t know what you think about Easter - whether you think about it at all in fact. However, I really hope that this blog has helped you to understand what I think about it. I believe the message of Easter is good news… the best! I want to share it because I truly believe you should know how much you are loved.And so, this Easter, I pray that you may ‘have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is’ (Ephesians 3:18).