I have always loved Easter. Whether its reflecting on fond memories from growing up and going to see my grandparents every Easter to feeling its always the first true day of spring, Easter has always been a special holiday. It really wasn't though until these past couple years though and all of our struggles that I truly feel a NEED in my life for Easter and all the promises that come with it. The message at church today was so incredibly perfect that I felt I just had to share it on my blog.
We can't know great joy in our life until we know great pain. And unfortunately, from time to time in our lives, we are going to have that sickening feeling that good and kindness and love and right have been defeated by evil. That feeling that evil had the final word. But Easter reminds us that light always triumphs over darkness. We may pass through seasons of darkness in our lives, but it will never have the final word. We can CHOOSE to be people of hope, no matter what our circumstances are. We can CHOOSE to be people of Easter.
Easter is not just about receiving hope, but its about giving hope. Easter comes with a mission...a mission for us to live it so that other people living in darkness can see its great light and receive that same hope too.
Happy Easter!
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