Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Easter baby

This year's Easter came and went without much traditional fanfare for me. It's because I was away in Hanoi that weekend. I think this was first Easter in which I did not go to church. Well, OK, maybe not the first.

You see, I spent my first ever Easter in hospital. I was born on a Saturday, between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. So Easter does have some special meaning for me. It's about birth and new life in the midst of death and gloom. The cross ends with the empty tomb.

The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ makes sense to me. It means my sins are forgiven when I believe in Jesus, not because I deserve to be forgiven, but because God so loves me. It means salvation is not something I earn, but receive graciously from God. It's not "rational", but requires faith. It's free but it's not cheap. It cost the life and blood of Jesus, the Son of God. And it will "cost" me a lifetime of surrender and submission to God who saves me.

It's good to be an Easter baby. :)

6 comments:

lina said...

Hmmm... oh no... I mean... Ah ha... are you trying to imply aka insinuate something here, Uncle Lok?

Okidoki... Here's wishing you a very advanced birthday greeting =))

TTYL... =p

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Vivien Keu said...

Blessed Birthday to you, Mr Lee.. Have a great one!.. *smile*...

Anonymous said...

happy birthday, HL – one year older, one year closer to heaven – where all things will be made perfect – hooray

:)

CHARIS said...

Ol' Mister Lok, blessed belated birthday :)

HL said...

Er, thanks for all the greetings. But the main focus was on Easter, not on me. Anyway, in the year I was born, Easter weekend was in mid April. :)