Oh Happy Day

So I've been thinking about Easter, and how I'm going to be working on Easter Sunday. I've been trying to figure out how I'm going to be able to celebrate properly without spending much time at Church or anything else, and how I can share my happiness without forcing Christianity in customer's faces.

What I've realised is that the story of Easter is simply good news. That's what it is! There's a reason the stories of Jesus are named the gospels. If you believe in what the gospels tell us, then surely it is good news for all of us. If you think that certain people believe in the Bible, then they should surely be in a mood of celebration, especially at Easter time!

So I'm thinking, we as Christians believe in a God that created the Universe and created man in God's image. He did this because he loves us and wants to be in a relationship with us. This is pretty cool. The reason for the whole universe is simply because God wants to love us. This is good news. This is only the beginning.

(I'm gonna skip the Old Testament, not because I think it has no purpose, but simply because I love it and I would go on for days!)

Then, God realised that no matter what we did, we would always screw up. So instead of leaving us to it, he then decided to come down to Earth to be Immanuel. This is why we celebrate Christmas. It wasn't simply because he wanted to be 'man with us' but because he wanted to take on all of the sins of the world, all the sin of the Old Testament and all of the sin that still hasn't been made, right up to today and beyond. He died on the cross because he wanted to be that sacrifice, to allow ourselves to be with God. To see his glory, to be in relationship with him. This is surely a reason for a 'Good Friday'. 


Then, not only has he died for our sins, but then he decides that's not enough. Jesus is stronger than death, stronger than Satan, stronger than hell. So he goes BAM. I'm just gonna rise from the dead. Break the chains of death, so not only can we have a relationship with God now while we're alive, but it goes beyond our death and we get to live forever in heaven. This is the best news ever.

I'm thinking to myself. You may not believe in the Bible, you may not even believe in a God, but surely you could understand that if it were true, that it is surely something to celebrate no? 

So this weekend I'm going to celebrate my awesome God who triumphed over death and who loves me and is basically the best. Join me if you like.