Happy Easter

Happy Easter Everyone ! i hope all of you had an enjoyable easter this year.

the only thing i dun like about easter where i am staying is that it doesn't have a public holiday...something i really dun understand...coz we've got a public holiday for christmas but not easter...i wonder why ? maybe becoz christmas is more of a commercialized event and easter is a more religious one.

did u know that most of the western countries have extra public holidays for easter compared to christmas....even some casino's in western countries that never closes throughout the year will actually close half a day in respect of easter.

so actually i think that easter is really something important for the christians to remember and celebrate. afterall....if we really understand the meaning of easter...then the more we would be celebrating it.

so wat is easter ? to make it simple....easter is about remembering a series of events that happened in 3 days some 2000 years ago and why it happened. basically it is 3 simple things we need to know...CRUCIFICATION+DEATH, RESURRECTION & VICTORY. Jesus was given an unfair trial (well...u can say it is part of God's plan), given the death sentence (to be hung on the cross), went thru that path of suffering while being brutally beaten, eventually died and was laid in a tomb.

it all happened on FRIDAY....but nothing to worry....coz SUNDAY was on its way and Jesus rose from the dead...and the prophecy was fulfilled. so...in a short span of 3 days....Jesus from death came alive again. there are so many things to say about these 3 days....prophecy fulfilled, miracle happening (rising from the dead is definitely one big miracle man), our SINS were paid for (enabling us to enjoy eternal life with God), sorrows become joy, a testament that we truly serve a REAL GOD, victory of satan, etc etc.

but one thing i would like to mention b4 we move on is something about saturday. most preachers would tell you about friday (the death) and sunday (the resurrection), some does mention a bit about saturday and some dun. wat is usually mentioned about saturday was that it was a time of mourning for those who were close to Jesus: Mary, some of the disciples, so on and so forth.

but something else happened, did u know that b4 Christ died, he had amassed a huge amount of followers and believers. but when HE died on friday, MOST of HIS followers and believers had ran away or gone into hiding by saturday. this is something that is very sad and i think it somehow applies to certain christians in the modern era today. u see..we are usually on fire when we first accept Christ, knowing HE died for us, we were grateful to HIM. but somehow along the line when we suddenly dun see and feel Jesus anymore (it's like the saturday i am toking about, Jesus was gone) we kinda backslide and turn away from God. then we sort of rekindle our fire again when Jesus appears in our life again(sounds like Sunday when Jesus arose, right ?)

that's why i am saying sometimes i think that easter is a resemblance of our christian walk. we believe, we get lost a bit, and we come back victorious. God is really smart you know....HE planned for all this to happen in such a short span of time...just 3 days man. if it was any longer...i think more believers would have lost their way. what worries me though is that in the new era today....there are some christians who are still lost (just like those that fled on saturday and never came back to know about the resurrection) and haven't found their way back yet. i hope and pray that all of you will see that 3rd day(resurrection & victory) in your life again. for those of you out there reading this and u think you're lost, please do come back again, coz Jesus really loves you very much.

it is written in the bible that for every new salvation, Heaven celebrates...but i also believe that for every lost sheep, heaven mourns. so let's use this day of easter to remind ourselves that we need to continue our walk with HIM faithfully, never letting HIM out of our sight and trying our very best not to be lost. Happy Easter everyone !!!