Christ has risen. Alleluia!

This Easter Sunday reminds us always that all things are meant to happen. We may not know how or why these things ensue whether good or bad, but still we surely must believe that at the end, the result will be at its triumph.  As a matter of fact, it will come when you least expect it.

Here’s a question, “Why do people give more extravagance to the birth of Christ than to His resurrection?”

Well, this indulged my senses to make an opinion.  As ordinary human beings, we see lots and lots of ordinary things (I mean, it is relative.).   We see people giving birth, we also see new born babies and lastly, we see people die. But we have not seen people rising from the dead after three days.  As humans, normally, we only believe what our eyes can see, what our ears can hear, what our bodies can feel.  It is so normal for we are only humans.  That is why the essence of Christ’s resurrection is for it to remain a mystery- a mystery to test how other people are faithful or faithless, to prove that we are only humans incapable to know everything; because God knows if we know everything, we will forget to trust in Him.  Maybe that was what had happened to the apostles after Jesus had died, there minds refuse to think and believe that on the third day, Jesus will rise. But what did they get?  Even they are His apostles, still had their eyes so pronounced when they saw Him entering their door.

Another factor why Easter is less special than Christmas for people is that, we do not like sorrow.  We are always exited when we are invited to a fieldtrip but glooms when we know exams are approaching, most likely.  It is natural for us to avoid loneliness because we know it’s not healthy.  We do not realize that for a while, it will make us stronger. And at most time, surpassing loneliness is the most worthwhile to do.  This Easter shows how victory is most won with success when it first came from hardships.

I remembered the lessons I got from our priest this morning, “We cannot change the things around us.  We cannot avoid changes everyday. But God has given us chances to change ourselves, only ourselves.  Start from within us.  Trust in Him and trust in yourself and you will see the rest will follow.”  It’s true, yes.  We are all given choices to everything we do. I mean given. We did not earn it nor did not want it for the first time we aim, but already given to us from the time we started to breathe.  Let me tell you a story from once upon a history:  There was a king who wanted to make his kingdom’s streets cemented because he can hardly walk. He told his confidant to summon capable men to be his workers and capable women to prepare for their food.  But the confidant said, “Sire, the people you are talking are already hungry and very poor right now, all we can do now is to make you a new pair of shoes.” What’s the moral lesson?  Again, we are not always capable to change our surrounding.  If we need change, start it by adjusting ourselves.

Happy Easter…