Colossians 2:13-14

When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Why were we dead in the first place? - Because of our sin and sinful nature. This is the departure point for us. We cannot live up to God's standard and hence we cannot truly LIVE without the grace and the mercy of what Jesus did on the cross FOR US.

Through Christ's death on the cross, we were given life. Again. Through Christ's death on the cross, we were given life. Not just that, but we were made ALIVE - a far more potent concept.

What we celebrate this weekend is big. It has been warped by hunting for easter eggs and eating chocolate, but if we can look past the commercialisation, we will hopefully grasp the enormity of this. What amazes me is that Good Friday and Easter Monday are not celebrated as national holidays here in the US. One would think that these would be the first of the "holy-days" but it seems that the states themselves decide on that. Virginia, alas, has not recognised it. Hopefully we can use the opportunity of being in our places of work to tell others about this incredible and free gift that we received through the cross.

Consider that you are alive, and have a great day.