Silly Rabbit, Easter is for Jesus!
Hello!!!
Easter has always been one of my very favorite holidays. I love everything about Easter. The spiritual message brings me so much hope; the secular activities are always so fun and make me excited for spring. Easter like so many things feels different this year. I have always celebrated the resurrection of Jesus from a certain perspective. I have been moved and humbled by the sacrifice Jesus made for me as a Christian. The Easter drama at our church always leaves me with tear-filled eyes as I reflect on how much Christ loved us.
This year the Easter message touches me as it always has but in a whole new way. You see this year during the Easter drama and as I read over the Easter story, I saw it with a new pair of eyes, the eyes of a parent. How incredible the love of our Heavenly Father is. As I watched the Easter drama portrayed this year, I saw Christ, not only as my Savior but as God’s Son. I saw God as a dad. As his son’s body was beat, his clothes were ripped, and the crowd screamed in anger, I thought of what our God had allowed to happen for us, for me. I think of how defensive I am over my precious daughter. My heart broke for God. He sacrificed his perfect, holy son. He watched as he gave his life, as he was tortured, and cried out in pain. I can’t imagine the horror or the hurt that He felt. As a parent, I’m sure He longed to take the pain away, to stop the cruelest injustice this world has ever known; Knowing all the while, that He had the power to stop it. He could say the word and it would all go away. When Jesus prayed in agony asking His Father to allow this cup to pass from him, how that had to be so painful for God. This year the Gaston Easter Drama was perfectly titled, “What Love is this?” That title kept echoing in my mind. As I heard the hammer beat the nails, as I thought of my many sins and failures. I realized that God loves me so much. Jesus gave his own life for our ransom. I have always known that, and celebrated it, but this was the first time I saw God not only as a mighty, powerful, victorious King in this story, I saw him a parent. A parent who loved me an unworthy sinner so much, that He was able to make the most amazing sacrifice. What Love is this? It’s a love like no other.
The Easter bunny will visit us, we will dye Easter eggs, and we will wear 1 of our 4 Easter dress choices to church. These are things that I anticipate with a happy heart, but these are NOT the things that will make this Easter for me. The Easter bunny, sweet and cuddly as he is has never done anything for me. He won’t get the glory in our house. Jesus, Son of a Mighty God, will be the hero of the holiday.
The grave could not hold our KING!
Happy Easter!!!
P.S. – Can you believe I have been busy planning a 1st birthday party?????? Wow, hard to believe…. More to come on that soon!
Love y’all!
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