The Easter Season is upon us

Although Christmas has always been my favorite holiday, as time goes by Easter is gaining ground on it. What was once bunnies and colored eggs for me as a child, is now an ever-growing significant celebration in my personal experience. Perhaps it is my age. Now 50, I am in my later half of life and my own mortality is more clear. As such, the Christian significance of the holiday continues grow in its application to my life. Easter's significance may also be attributed to the fact that milestones in my own spiritual journey are marked by it occurrences. It was at Easter time that I first had a life-changing encounter with the risen Lord--Jesus Christ. It was as if new spiritual life exploded into my heart; my own personal spiritual resurrection. And it was a year later at Easter that I was baptized, making a public declaration of my faith. Easter's true significance for me, however, if found in the meaning it represents--the message of Easter itself. Jesus Chirst, a real man in history, was born of a virgin, suffered a brutal death of crucifixion and on the third day rose from the dead being seen by many witnesses of whom history records their testimony. And we was raised not only as a testimony that He is the Son of God, but that all who belong to Him by faith will also be raised to glory and eternal life. I live in hope that because my Lord rose from the grave, the grave is not the end for me.