This semester is flying by. Today is Easter and there are 2.5 weeks left of class. I cannot wait for the semester to end. No classes will make everything less stressful and I can just work and relax. I am excited to be here this summer and just relaxing.
I've been pondering about Easter lately: what does it mean? For me? For everyone else? How does it affect my life? Every night I have been going to sleep pondering these questions. In the secular world Easter is a great time to get together with your family, eat a nice meal, eat tons of candy, and if you're lucky, get presents from your parents. You get to dye Easter eggs, hide them, and then later find them. But what is the importance of Easter for them? Do they celebrate it solely for the candy?
For myself, Easter has a greater meaning. At Christmas we celebrate the birth of Christ. For a few months we go back to living life. A few months later (of course, it depends on the church's calendar as to what month Easter is in) we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Jesus lived for 30 something years and was then crucified, died, was buried and on the third day he rose again. I know I sound like a Catholic mass, but hey, it's who I am.
But what does Easter really mean? Yes, Christ rose again, but what does that mean? The scriptures were fulfilled and through it we are seen perfect to God through Jesus. This resurrection gives us hope to look at our lives and know that we have hope because our Creator did this for us. We undeservedly received this grace, and Easter is a reminder of His power and how much He loves us. It's a hope to reexamine our lives and see where we can ask Jesus to come into them and help us.
This is also a hope for non believers, it's a chance for us to share with them the Easter mystery. It's not always easy, but it's a great way for us to share what we believe. I have the hardest time doing this sometimes, but I feel that God is really pushing me more in that direction; to not sit idly and share my faith.
This weekend was a great one! St. Patrick went on Spring Break last Thursday and I haven't worked since Tuesday and don't have to until after next week. It's going to be great to relax and get all caught up on work before the semester ends.
I have been driving back and forth from Virginia Beach to Norfolk so many times since Thursday night. Oh well, it's been a lot of fun. One of my aunts came down for Easter and it was fun hanging out with them all weekend.
This has been a long weekend, but one I am glad happened. A lot to think about in respect to Jesus being resurrected and fulfilling God's promises. It's something I still cannot wrap my mind around. It's inspiring me to read more scripture and learn more about it.
I hope everyone had a great Easter and can think more clearly about what it means in their own lives.
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I'm glad you wrote about Easter. I think for me it's easy to get caught up in life and not really think about these sorts of things. I'd love to dialogue more with you about it! But scripture is definitely the best place to start as you continue to think about Easter and why we celebrate it. How it is the time we get life because Jesus loved us so much that He gave up his own. That boggles my mind too but I think also amazes me to think about what an awesome God we serve.
ReplyDeleteThis is kind of off topic but this weekend I was talking with Andrew and found out that the star over Jesus' stable when he was born was actually an alignment of the planets and had to be perfectly timed out from creation to happen at that time. That completely blew my mind that God so perfectly planned that to happen and then to realize the invitation of such an amazing God to us to live with Him.