Once again I find
myself waiting for Easter to pass. Don’t
get me wrong, I love what Jesus did for me, and I never want to take His
sacrifice lightly, even though on more occasions than I’d like to admit, I
follow my own desires instead of His.
Easter is another
one of those holidays which has gotten away from us. Now it is full of bunnies, eggs and
candy. I’m not really even sure how the
bunnies and eggs go together either, I mean if it was chickens and eggs this
would make sense, but bunnies and eggs?
Who knows?
What I do know is
we should be thinking about what Jesus did for us every day. You know being conscious of the Easter story
every day and not just one time a year.
It’s kind of like Valentine’s Day; the holiday made up by a greeting
card company to sell more cards. So
every year, men all across this nation run out and purchase stuff to show the
girl of his dreams how important she is to him.
Instead of making it a daily ritual like is should be.
Easter reminds me a
lot of this, people run back into church on this holiday to ease their
conscious and make them show God how they should be allowed into Heaven because
they went to church. The funny thing is,
God doesn’t want you in church just for the sake a getting credit. What He truly wants is a relationship with
you, and yes going to church is a part of it, but not just during Easter.
I’ll love going to
church in the morning; seeing all the little kids dressed in their Easter
finest, the worship songs will be great and I know my Pastor has been preparing
a message to reach the lost. It will be
nice to worship with my church family and to see some of the faces I haven’t
seen in a while. But truthfully, Easter
is just another Sunday for me to attend church.
The reason I say this is because I go to church every week, I follow
Jesus (to the best of my abilities) every day, and I try to think about all
He’s done for me more than once a year.
This is not to say
if you are planning on attending church this Easter, and haven’t been in a
while, you are not a good person. I
don’t believe this for a minute, but I would ask you this, why is it you only
go every now and then? Have you been
hurt in a church or by a Christian before and this is why? Maybe you’ve watched church leaders fall and
think only hypocrites go there. Perhaps
you’re one of those people who think going to church is a crutch.
Whatever the case,
the bottom line of Christianity is a real relationship with the Creator of
Heaven and Earth, who sent His son, Jesus to die on a cross for the sins of the
world and bring God’s children back to Him.
God has a plan for each and every one of us, and it is for our good, not
for bad. As my good friend Daniel Shirley
is always saying, “God’s not mad at you, He’s madly in love with you.”
Anyway, I hope you
will attend church tomorrow; not just because it’s Easter, but because it is
where we get to experience God with our Christian brothers and sisters, who are
just as messed up as we are. Happy
Easter, and thank You Jesus for what You did for us all.
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