It's Easter Sunday. The eggs have been found, the kids are all dressed up, casual churches are putting on their Sunday bests and putting their best foot forward provide their church with a top notch service. But for how many was this week an "if I have time to go to church, I will," or a "I didn't even know it was Easter until on Palm Sunday they announced the Easter services?" I know for me, this was pretty much the case. I didn't even know we had entered into the preparation of the Easter time until about two weeks ago when I realized Easter was in a couple of weeks. But even then it was in the back of my mind for the most part.
It's sad to think that a day that marked the most important day in the history of mankind (and especially Christianity?) can be put to the side so easily. To know that this was the day Jesus overcame death so we could have life. So we could have salvation through the blood He spilled. I can't say how many times I've decided it was easier to just not go to church because I was tired, or because I didn't have a church to go to...but to forget about it altogether, on such a miraculous, beautiful day? That kind of breaks my heart a little bit. Maybe today is a day to give our hearts totally and and completely back to Jesus, in a way we never have before. Maybe today is the day to turn from all the spiritual unrest and burdens we've been carrying around for days, months, years, and remember what Jesus put himself on that cross for; you and me.
This song has been on my heart the last few days. It's kind of interesting because for the last few weeks, I seem to wake up with a different worship song in my head for that day. I love this song because of the metaphor of the ashes turning to beauty. The metaphor and symbolism of that is breathtaking. Maybe today, we can forget the ugliness of the world, and embrace the beauty of what Jesus did. Maybe today, we can remember how to be thankful for the ultimate sacrifice Jesus gave for the world, even people who were (are?) opposed to him, and who judged him for being blameless. Maybe today, we can choose to turn our ashes into beauty.
At the foot of the cross
Where grace and suffering meet
You have shown me Your love
Through the judgment You received
And You've won my heart
And You've won my heart
Now I can
Trade these ashes in for beauty
And wear forgiveness like a crown
Coming to kiss the feet of mercy
I lay every burden down
At the foot of the cross
At the foot of the cross
Where I am made complete
You have given me life
Through the death you bore for me
And You've won my heart
And You've won my heart
Now I can
Trade these ashes in for beauty
And wear forgiveness like a crown
Coming to kiss the feet of mercy
I lay every burden down
At the foot of the cross
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