What Easter is to me

 

To me, today means Easter egg hunts and pretty dresses. It means time with family and really good food. It means fun desserts and Easter bunny hugs. But today means so much more to me than all those fun things. It means my Father chose me. He chose to die on that cross and today means He rose again. Today means He has the victory and it means I am His. I personally love my love story, but it doesn’t come close to this love story. God is a good good Father who loves so deeply and intentionally. I feel like John 3:16 has become more of a cliche that everyone recites real quick just because everyone knows it. But if we really read it personally, it hits harder. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” He would have still sent His Son if I were the only one in the world and that is true love. He went through absolute torture and humiliation just for the chance for us to love Him back, to choose Him like He chose us. We should have been up on that cross, but He took it for us. So today means true love and a real relationship. That’s what Easter is to me.  Have a great Easter everyone! He is Risen; He is risen, indeed.