An American Easter

Living in America is like no other experience, here we never find the time for the things we always say we want to do. I hear older people often say "I always wanted to do this or go there" yet their life slips bye and such hopes are soon lost. Why is it in America we find the time to do the things that matter least, work overtime, watch a movie, eat-out, play a video game, or watch TV show yet those things which matter most get pushed back for another more convenient time? In our fast-paced society called America, we also express pack our holidays. Easter is no exception.

Just as with Christmas, Easter has been packed in a perfect little box which includes photos with a big bunny, prepacked baskets full of candy and toys, and the messy art of coloring eggs which will for the most part be wasted after found in an egg hunt. In this box one would also find pretty dresses for the girls and maybe even colorful hats depending on what part of America you live. Church attendance on this holiday is only topped by attendance during Christmas. Welcome to the American Easter Holiday.

It wasn't always like this.......in fact long before the big bunny and colored eggs Easter was a real celebration, a celebration that focused on an event that mostly went unnoticed at the time. In fact only a handful of people even witnessed the event, however the impact of this single event would spread it's influence to every person that had ever lived or would live in this world.

"Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
He is not here: for he is risen" -Matthew 28-

I love America, always have, I have come to appreciate the funny things we do as Americans. From overloading our senses with roller coaster rides, to clogging our arteries with huge cheese burgers, over dramatizing the importance of celebrities, and even overdramatizing the importance of sports, America is still my land of the free and home of the brave.

During this time of American Celebration with all it's preboxed nature I can still find one very important value still held dear to every American, our freedom. So with that freedom I will continue the American Traditions of Easter, the photo, the basket, the hunt, yet I will also take time to reflect on the most important aspect of Easter, our Risen Savior, Jesus, the Christ.

"Standfast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free" -Galatians 5:1-