So I was sitting in the “Holy Week Chapel” service here at school a couple days ago and found myself wondering why are the services around Easter so dry and formalized. The concert band and the choir were up there performing, there were lengthy Scripture readings, and many of the students in the room were asleep. Now I go to a Christian school, but not everybody on campus is a Christian. Easter is about the resurrection of Christ and how He defeated sin and death to save us! This is the whole point of the Gospel; if we can’t get this message across to unbelievers, then what hope do we have? If there was one church service a year that didn’t put people to sleep it should be Easter Sunday! Easter is to be the day that the Church comes together to celebrate what Jesus did for us through His death and resurrection, but instead it is all about candy and bonnets.
This blog is not merely a commentary, it is meant to challenge people, and this is your challenge for Easter –> CELEBRATE!!! Be joyful, be happy, show the love of Christ! Liturgical calendars list the seven weeks after “Easter Sunday” as “Easter Season,” which is supposed to be a time of celebration. Enjoy Easter Sunday with family and friends, but do not lose that joy and excitement when you return to work or to school on Monday morning. Remember the cross, and remember the resurrection!
“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
- 1 Peter 1:8-9
