Happy Easter

"“He paid a debt, He did not owe I owed a debt , I could not pay I needed someone to wash my sins away And now I sing a brand new song, Its Amazing grace, How sweet the sound, Christ Jesus paid a debt that I could never pay” This is a song we used to sing back in the day at school, and I didn’t give much thought to the meaning of the lyrics, but now as I’m singing it to myself I realize what a profound truth we were singing even as ignorant kids back then. As we get into Easter, lets be mindful then of the real reason for this holiday, its not just to break away from work as we close the first quarter of the year, though God knows I need that right now, or just to play the Easter hunt games with the children( I’ve been hounded about this since March started, and I’m sure we wil have a great Easter hunt this year), but Easter is a time to remember what happened more than a thousand years ago, on that lonely hill outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem. On the cross Jesus the Christ was crucified and hung to take away our sins and our shame. He suffered and died brutally at the hands of the rulers of that day so that you and I can be reconciled to the Father, who is the Lord our God, , and rose again so that we can be set free from the rule of the devil in our lives.I will let another song tell the story, here are the lyrics to an old hymn, The old rugged cross On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suffering and shame; And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. Refrain:So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it some day for a crown. 2.O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world, Has a wondrous attraction for me; For the dear Lamb of God left his glory above To bear it to dark Calvary. 3.In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine, A wondrous beauty I see, for 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died, to pardon and sanctify me. 4.To that old rugged cross I will ever be true, Its shame and reproach gladly bear; Then he'll call me some day to my home far away, Where his glory forever I'll share. I hope and pray we all have a happy and meaningful Easter as we remember the price paid for us at Calvary to be free so that we can be a light to the world which is in need. Let us reverently shine our light brightly so that those in darkness can see the it and come to His light, for it is not our light, but His light in us. HALLELUJAH FOR JESUS IS ALIVE..!!!