Easter...

So I may be a different kind of person. There are a few times a year that I have a great feeling. Like not just a feeling of happiness, but a feeling of being proud to be who I am, where I am. These days are holidays. One being 4th of July. Another is Easter. But I get such mixed feelings on Easter. I love doing egg hunts with my kids. Making them yummy spring treats and all of those fun things. But then there is being a Christian and all that goes with that. The Jesus being beaten and crucified. The feeling that He did that for me. The horrible pain and suffering that He went through was because of me. Being nailed to a cross was for me. He had to shed his innocent blood for me. I hate that feeling. The feeling of shame and pain. But the proud fact that He rose again and is no longer dead in a grave. He's alive and well to listen to me, bless me, forgive me, be there for me...... even when I least deserve it.

We are doing an Easter Drama at our church. It's called Forgiven. It's supposed to be Simon Peter's point of view of what happened during that time. The months leading up to the crucifixion. How he felt. How he did deny that he knew Jesus. And what I have learned through it all, by being in this drama, is that it's so unnatural for me, a believer and Christian to want to crucify the one I call my Lord and Savior. The feelings I feel during this drama are so mixed and so real.

If you would like to come be a part and see this drama for yourself, we welcome you.

Inland Lighthouse Church

1123 S. Cactus Rialto, CA 92376