He is risen, indeed.
Yesterday was the first time we’d been to church on a Sunday in months. It’s not exactly that we chose to skip because of not wanting to go, school has put a lot of pressure on us, especially on me, and I would get so anxious Sunday morning about the impending test on Monday that I just couldn’t bring myself to go to church, knowing I’d be distracted during the sermon, thinking through what I’d been studying.
So yesterday I was really excited to be in Memphis for Easter and to experience a renewal. I’ve been in a funk spiritually this semester, probably because I haven’t been in the word or worshiping. You never realize how church does help you until you aren’t able to attend. Now, I will say that the Sundays we were not able to attend were very beneficial for our marriage. We felt it was the only day that we could kind of relax, even if I was studying a lot.
So back to yesterday, I really enjoyed it. I need to be reminded that I don’t deserve salvation, but God loved me enough to send his son to die for my sins, current, past, future, all of them. I know it’s very easy to forget that sacrifice but I’m very thankful for Jesus and what he did.
I kept seeing people posting about how if Jesus truly died and rose, it makes all the difference. It really does, because there are so many false religions that preach very similar ideas to Christianity, but they aren’t the truth. None of them have a savior who died and rose again, none. You can’t have Christianity without Christ and you can’t have true Salvation if the Savior never died and rose again.
Anyway, enough of the religion, I truly enjoyed yesterday and it re-ignited the spark I’d been missing. I’m finding myself wanting to read my Bible and it’s been a long time since I could truthfully say I did. I’m realizing that if I truly want to walk in the way God wants me to, and follow his lead, I’m going to need some help from him. If I find myself being comfortable with my current life, I’m not following after him. I once heard someone say that if you are uncomfortable with how your life is currently going, you must be on the right path. God doesn’t want us to live comfortably, he wants us to follow after him and do his work, and his work is never comfortable.
There I go on the religion again… heh.
I woke up this morning with a renewed sense of purpose. I feel well rested and ready to take on the world, which is good because I have to tackle some problems today so I can register for classes tomorrow, sigh. Other than that, life is still school and thankfully in a month I will be done, at least with school for the semester.
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My former youth pastor once told our group that you shouldn't bring your worries to church. You should check them at the door, because church is a place for worship and you should come to it with a pure heart and focus on worshiping. Now, I think that is a stretch. God cares about our worries. If he didn't, he wouldn't have made us human. He wouldn't have sent a savior. But I always find myself distracted during sermond. Some days I skip too, because I know that just getting my car one more day in the week will stress me out to no end and I won't be able to really worship. If I do sit through church with too much on my mind, I just end up feeling bad. Somedays you need a day off I suppose. I'm not one to really give you advice though. Just trying to encourage you.
@trina, I don't know what makes me feel worse going to church and going through the motions or not going and feeling guilty because I'm not there.
I have a hard time checking my troubles at the door when I go to church. I have to say that I feel more guilty going through the motions, myself, than not going at all.
School things have taken over my life and I am stressed and want to completely do my own thing…and decompress on the weekends.
I guess that makes me selfish.
@Mel, I don't think that makes you selffish at all. If church just feels like you are going through the motions, I feel like sometimes it is better to stay at home and rest than rush and not feel relaxed.
Sunday has been our only full day off from school and work this semester so we've stayed home quite a bit. I think if we hadn't, our marriage would have suffered more than it already has thanks to school/work stress.