Easter!

Happy Easter! Easter is a wonderful time of the year to celebrate the unconditional and undeserving love that God displayed to us by sending his own son, who was pure of heart, to die for us so that we can be set free from our sins! For Christians, this is what we believe that easter is about. For other people they see easter as a time to have a holiday and eat chocolate. For me I have always seen easter as a time to spend with my family to be thankful and rejoice in what Jesus did for us. Also to yes eat just a small amount of chocolate, but to never forget what easter is really about. I have always been heavily involved in my church and every year I have been busy doing something for the church at easter time. So to not be with my family or my church family this year, it’s a little hard. I got a bit emotional on easter Friday because of being away from what was my norm at this time. However I know that I’m here to embrace whatever comes my way and my host family are so great that they include me in everything that there family do. They even have an easter basket for me like the rest of their children. I just can’t help but shed a little tear for that little pang I feel inside knowing that i’m not with my own family. 

I feel at this time it’s great for me to be able to reflect on my relationship with God and see where I am at. I know that for me I need to really dedicate myself to Him. For at this time I feel like i’m living my life more according to my will than his. I know that for me sometimes that when I feel like I go astray that I can’t come back because I won’t be accepted. But I know that God has an unconditional love for me, more love that I can possibly fathom and he wants me home with him. It’s this time of the year and remembering Jesus sacrifice for us that really reminds me of the true lengths that God went to for us, for me. I can celebrate and rejoice for the debt that was paid by Jesus on my behalf. But most of all I can celebrate for he has risen.

Happy Easter x