A lot of good stuff happens at this time of year. Easter is just one. Spring is another. Warmer temperatures, flowers blooming, birds singing, snow melting. Yes, we still have snow.
This time of year also brings forth hope. A time of new beginnings. Who hasn't had a time in their lives when they wished they could just start over.
I know people who are still hibernating in their houses - afraid to venture out. They are still breathing in the stale winter air instead of opening the windows and breathing in new air . . . new life. That's their choice, foolish though it is.
I see the sun shining in spring and marvel at it. How the earth is just the perfect distance from it so we neither freeze to death nor burn up. It's perfect. I see the birds returning from warmer climates to start new families, giving birth to new generations who will live and breathe and do the same things in their time.
'Spring' and 'Easter' are words that represent new life and new hope. Similar hope can be found in the name 'Jesus'.
Christians believe in Jesus. They believe in His promise of hope and eternal life. A promise filled with endless opportunities of fellowship, worship and love.
Others don't believe in Him. They "follow" the teachings of other religions or no religion at all, denying any deity what so ever. Easter is just eggs and candy for them. That's fine. That's their choice. But it's not mine. As for me, I have chosen whom I will serve.
14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” - Joshua 24:14-15
The following video is a true story of a magician. He made his living by fooling others. That is, until he got some bad news. Then he received a heavy dose of truth. "You have cancer." You know what saved him? Someone sacrificed their own blood so that he could live. A simple transfusion and he is now cancer free.
Jesus has offered everyone HIS life-giving blood - a sacrifice for sins. This world is in bad need of a transfusion. Do YOU need one? Would you choose life? Or do you think you're above all this religious stuff? Even though it would give you life, would your pride choose death? It's your choice. But choose today whom you will serve.
Jim Munroe - I Am Second
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