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What is the first thing that you picture when you think of Easter? If you are like me, you were introduced to the fanfare before you came to understand the significance. Perhaps your earliest memory is dyeing eggs and eating marshmallow peeps. Maybe you remember sitting in a Sunday church service and the phrase “He has risen indeed!” quickly became commonplace and mundane.
…Why do you think it is so easy to lose sight of Easter’s significance?
Good Friday has always felt like a strange way to describe the bleakest day in human history to me. I remember the first time that the weight of this event parked itself on my heart: sitting on an old, white couch in our dank basement, an elementary-aged version of me had just been shown the movie The Passion of the Christ. Although I did not comprehend how Jesus’ death was intended as an atoning substitute for my own or what I was supposed to do with this information, I cannot help but again feel the tears that welled up in that little boy's eyes. On a slow April evening in the early 2000s, the reality of this catastrophic calamity stirred up profound compassion in my heart.
I did not come to Jesus for Jesus. I will make a bold assertion and say that you did not come to Jesus for Jesus either. It is possible to have an interaction with Jesus and totally miss the mark. On a single day, thousands of people experienced this reality. It is feasible that many of us have encountered many of the good things that Jesus offers, while completely missing Him.
