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Happy Easter!
I don't like to say that because it just seems like a stupid thing to say. That's not supposed to be offensive. But really, when Easter as a Christian holiday is looked at from the angle of it's origin, saying 'Happy Easter' means nothing. Jesus paid a huge price. He paid our ransom. He saved us from eternal and everlasting pain and suffering. He came to bring us hope, to change the course of history, to bring salt and light, and to bring the answer to every question. And here we are, saying 'Happy Easter' to each other in a grocery checkout line, as we buy chocolate bunnies and jellybeans for our friends. What the heck!!?

I'm just complaining about something pretty surface level. HOWEVER when it comes to the church, as the body of Christ, there is a sickening pretense that goes on during this time of the year. Sure, it's a good thing to take a day to stop and celebrate something so significant. But, as Christians, why would we need to do that if, everyday we wake up and give thanks from the very depths of our hearts for the price that Jesus Christ paid for our sins, for our lives, to give us the freedom that He has given?

I do think it's a good thing to take time out of our church schedules and specifically remind and recall the death and ressurrection of Jesus. Sometimes it gets lost in the stacks of other sermons being preached from the pulpit. And I do think that this is a minor issue--a needle in the haystack. Maybe I'm over analyzing the Easter holiday. Probably.

I just think that the reality of Jesus' pain and suffering, His sacrifice, God's love for His children, and His glorious ressurrection and the hope that He has graciously given us all, should be so much stronger than it is. It's almost like we're so thick headed and forgetful and can't remember to thank him so we need a calendar to help us along...

WHAT HE DID IS A BIG DEAL.

Isaiah 53:5
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.

John 10:10 Jesus said,
...I have come that you may have life and have it to the full!

1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?

Romans 5:12
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I am forever thankful.
Eternity is upon Him.
He calls me to glory.