passion week

It's "Passion Week". The time Christ showed us his main purpose of coming to this earth, to die and rise so we might have salvation and be with Him. I think every week should be Passion Week for a Christian. We should remember His sacrifice every day of our lives and live like it.

A quote by John Irving:
"I find that Holy Week is draining; no matter how many times I have lived through his crucifizion, my anxiety about his resurrection is undiminished-- I am terrified that, this year, it won't happen; that, that year, it didn't. Anyone can be sentimental about the Nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you don't believe in the resurrection, you're not a believer. "

I like what John Irving said, "...any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas." At Christmas, people will actually go out of there way to be good, some torn families will actually come together just for the holidays, and everyone is ready to give and receive gifts. But it's Easter, the main "holiday" for the Christian, that tears someone to the core. Are we willing to give up everything, even our lives, for what we believe and what needs done?

What does Easter mean to you? To me, it's the time to celebrate Life, the power of Christ, and His love for us. It's the time to remember what He did for us and thank Him.

Frederick Buechner said Easter means "we can never nail him down, not even if the nails we use are real and the thing we nail him to is a cross". When Jesus arose it sure showed and proved to us His love and power. If He Himself can go through pain and suffering and can rise from the dead, He surely can have power to rise us from the dead and give us life.