Merry Easter!!!

What, Easter can't be merry too? Pah! Dying easter eggs to look like little bunny rabbits, getting yelled at for trying to wear jeans to church, having little brothers hyped up on easter candy... What could be merrier? (btw I'm still sticking with the whole 'nobody cares what I wear to church because they're too busy focusing on their own impression in society, even furthering the pointlessness of the notion' in my opinion.. there's truly no point what-so-ever. But if it makes the parents happy to see me walking funny in a skirt and tripping over high-heeled shoes... whatever, its only a couple hours a year..
I do really appreciate Easter though. What I don't understand is why Christmas is so hyped up in comparison. I mean, the birth of Jesus is indeed a very important mark in time.. but shouldn't his resurrection, what makes his time on earth so important in the first place, be a big deal? Damn commercialism. When you think about it, it really was/is a big deal. Looking back 2000-something years ago, there were people that had really put all their faith, there hopes, their entire lives into this one man. And then, thinking that he was a Miraculous being of sorts, believing he was the son of God himself, these people saw all they're hope, faith, their lives be humiliated, tortured, and hung on the cross- a symbol of shame, humiliation, and failure.
Seeing this, all that they had put their lives into was now gone.. from what they could tell.
But then, for those who had thought that all was lost, after two horrific, mournful days, news had spread that His body had been removed from his tomb... How could things get any worse? Not only killing this man, but someone was now possibly plotting to humiliate him further after death. What could they possibly be doing with his body? Lost in worry, suddenly more news- Jesus was alive. What? How? It couldn't be.. you want to smack the person who said it.. what kind of sick joke-
Then, turning around.. you see it.. you see Him.. After thinking all was lost, He's back.. and not only back, but proving all that He'd been preaching all along. He was indeed Miraculous. He was right, meaning that not only was there no loss, but worldwide gain. In a world filled with pain, suffering, and nothing to live for other than promises, there was now Hope. Not only Hope, but all those promises that one day there would be reason, one day there would be redemption... All those promises suddenly came through. Sin's burden was lifted from the world.

Yeah.. great story.. but wanna hear the best part?





It's true.