Easter

          At Christmas we celebrate His birth, at Easter we celebrate His life and death, and His conquering of the bonds of death. Because of His sacrifice we are all able to live again. Christ took upon Him all the sins of the world, He offered Himself to be the pure sacrifice, the spotless lamb. No unclean thing can enter into the kingdom of God. We are all unclean; we have all sinned, and because of this we cannot ever be in the presence of our Lord again on our own. Christ sacrificed himself so that we could become spotless again, so that we could be with our Father in Heaven. He took upon him every sin, every suffering that anyone has ever felt and suffered for them. This sacrifice made it possible that we could repent. That we can be cleansed.

I am so grateful for the Atonement, that Christ loved us so much that he offered to be the sacrifice that would allow us the ability to repent.

This Easter we were on our own; all of our family was out of town so we just spent the day alone. We didn't really celebrate with a big dinner or anything, but we did buy a easter lilly. It was a nice reminder that Easter is a day that celebrates new life, new birth. Because of His sacrifice for us we are able to repent and in essence be born again.