March and Easter

Wow.. time sure goes by fast. March was another crazy month as I added a night class to my schedule. Excellent about Christian values and ethics in all aspects of life and not just in the work environment. It was such a great class! This month brought on new challenges of balancing everything, especially relationships. With my friends, boyfriend, and I all being so busy it's very difficult to find time to catch up. Midterms also occurred at the end of March which caused lots of headache for many. It was such a great relieve once break hit though. Besides the fact that I was probably the only one who had class over break:( O well... it's done now! Break was fantastic though. I was able to celebrate my birthday and I have fantastic people in my life to do so! I was able to go to a wedding and had so much fun! Did I mention I love to dance? Got an Easter basket and spend time with amazing people! I even had a bonfire! But coming back to school has made me realize how stressful school is and how much I am ready to be done. Being at school reminds me of the crazy homework, all the randomness that goes on, and all the pressure of trying to please so many people. So many more responsibilities and roles to play. At home I only had a few roles and could relax so much more. Plus over break it was a great time for reflection, especially with all the Easter events. I was able to participate in my home church's Maunday Thursday Service and be apart of an amazing Spirit moving event. It really was heaving on my heart as nails were pounded in the cross and how we all think we're better than Peter and Judas and we're not. We reject God all the time. We are sinning and make mistakes too. We are no better. We put Christ on that cross. It also hit me when everyone had a rock and this rock represented worries, sin, burdens, or whatever we wanted it to be and laid them before the cross. Sitting in the front row and watching everyone do that just shows that we all are carrying something in our lives and no matter how old we are we may even have something. That's when I lost it. I hope that children don't have burdens but so many times parents put lots of pressure on kids or some kids don't grow up in a great home and get beat and torn down. It just broke my heart to even think that. The next night I went to a Good Friday service that was hard to be at and see. There was a medic there that would explain the pain that Christ went through and it was so hard to hear and see pictures of this. And then to think that the whole time he went through this pain and unbearable suffering, he was thinking of YOU! Wow... that's so hard to grasp that kind of love. And Easter morning, He conquered the grave and rose. He loves us and wants us to come to Him. He has risen and now we can be resurrected too. Once we accept Christ we can get rid of the old and put on the new and then someday when we die and live for ever in Heaven, we get a new body. He's alive and should be alive in us! We should be praising Him every day for what he did for us. He loves us more than we can ever comprehend and the least we could do is surrender and follow Him. Being able to have this amazing time to reflect on all of this has been amazing and makes me want to know more and more about God. I know I'll never completely know Him but the more I know the closer I can get and grow! Think about what the whole Easter means to you and what Christ did for YOU! He loves you and wants ALL of you, not just on holidays or Sundays but EVERY DAY! So live for him TODAY!