Easter

Given my personality and the gifts that God has given me, sometimes I get angry at how a sacred and holy holiday as Easter ends up being overtaken by fluffy dresses, pastel colored eggs, gross candy and bunny rabbits. Instead of having compassion for the lost I get angry at Christians for confusing them while they worship the god of fertility (bunnies) and try to worship the resurrected Jesus, the only true God, at the same time.

However, this year I'm praying for and practicing grace with my fellow believers. I was encouraged to do so by reading a recent blog post on the resurgence.com. It helped me to realize that my heart is right in wanting Christians to worship their almighty and powerful God who sent his only Son, Jesus, the god-man, to take the wrath and judgment for our sins so that we might not be separated from Him. But, my prideful attitude is not. Instead of judging this weekend, I want to meditate on, and try to understand the depth of what Jesus' sacrifice, resurrection and ascension really mean.

I can't imagine, even with all of the historical data, the modern film depictions and such, what it must have been like for Jesus to endure the cross. It's not just the physical beatings and gory brutality that he suffered. For, when He was praying in the garden he actually sweat drops of blood in agony considering the separation from the Father and the Father's wrath he must endure. Out of desperate love, that which we may never fully comprehend, he CHOSE to take on all that wrath. To be brutally beaten to an unrecognizable state, and to be separated from God temporarily so that we could be with Him. Just be with Him and worship Him. Love like this I will never be able to fully comprehend.

So, this Easter as I see the pastel colored candy, bunnies, eggs and dresses on my sweet Christian friends, I'm not going to judge or condemn them in my heart, for that is only the job of the Father. I don't know what's going on in their heart. I'm not better than them by any means... I'm in need of saving too. Instead I'm going to attempt to understand the amazing and awesome LOVE that Christ, my personal Savior, has for His creation and attempt to (with the power of the Holy Spirit) love them with that same deep love. So, the Adversary can bring on all the distractions of fluffy bunnies he wants since there's no greater power than that which raised Jesus from the grave! My God; the trinitarian God, is already victorious!