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:
(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).
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