But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: Whil we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 NIV IT’S EASTER SEASON, and everything’s opening up—the cherry
blossoms and the dogwoods and the redbuds. The birds are back in town, and the flowers also got dressed up all pretty for Easter.
Let me let you in a little secret: Whatever Easter is besides a clever marketing ploy for chocolate companies and basket weavers, it’s
not all clean and pretty and neat. It’s really about drunks and liars and thieves and all of us in the same house, looking out the
windows into oblivion, and the only hope we’ve got in the world is Jesus Christ.
Maybe you’re no liar or thief or drunkard, but maybe you’ve got
broken down places in your heart, and that’s exactly what Easter is about. It’s about Jesus Christ who was no liar and no thief, and He got what we deserved, so we could be free. The same power of
God that brought you Easter Sunday and resurrections can bring you out of your own specific grave, whatever grave you may be in.
What is (or was) your “grave?” Celebrate your spiritual resurrection with Christ this Easter.