Living.

Today, I ran across something my friend, Luke, had said a while back:

"I think they're in love with the Jesus religion created, which is sad because that's not reality at all. For some reason it's just about salvation, and hope, but the fact that Jesus said he came to give us life, and life to the fullest, is lost."

Easter is my absolute favorite holiday. If you know me at all, you know I start talking about easter mid-January. Everything about it is just so beautiful. Our lives are beautiful. I believe what my friend, Luke, said to be very very true. People put Jesus into this comfortable box and then are confused when they can't find him there. Jesus doesn't live in a nice neat box. That's not the reality. I think a lot of times we try to focus on hope and salvation that comes with easter. And that is great. Don't get me wrong. That is so important. But it really means nothing if we don't think about what Christ's death did for us here on earth. He reconciled our sins. He took on our burdens and sins and failures, disappointments, broken hopes, and sadness that a life of sin places on us. With one, single act he cast light onto all those things giving us not only an eternal life but a life to be lived to the full here on earth. We are reconciled. We can live. Not just hope to live. Actually live.

Happy Easter :)