Extravagance

I was thinking this Easter weekend about how God loves us so extravagantly. There is so much unrestrained love shown on the cross.

One thing that I've been thinking is how it seems that we celebrate Christmas in a big way, without equally ringing in the importance of Christ's death and resurrection.

I'm not saying Christmas isn't amazing and shouldn't be celebrated, but if we miss the importance of the cross and only celebrate Christ's birth, we're missing it. He was born for this one purpose, to drink the cup that the Father set before Him...this cup that meant bearing our sins, it meant dying a painful death for them and it meant separation from the Father.

Our faith in it's entirety rests on what Jesus did on the cross. Without it, there would be no hope or redemption for us. I have hope because my sins are paid for by Christ. I needed a savior...and Jesus willingly became just that. For me. For you. For all.

It just seems so extravagant.

We get to live an abundant life and we are allowed eternity with God. How can I describe or measure that gift?

I don't even have any more words to say about this. It's just been something my heart has been thinking about the last couple days. It seriously gives me shivers every time I think about God's extravagant love for us.