The One Big Reason why I love Easter (and why you should too)
March 12, 2025
Easter is approaching and there are more than a few reasons why it’s one of my favourite times of year. The days are getting brighter and longer, and the air is getting warmer. Daffodils and tulips are emerging like cheerful greetings. And Easter itself comes with all kinds of delectable traditions: buttery hot cross buns, roasted lamb and chocolate eggs. Not to mention bunnies, chicks and lambs: images of new life, regeneration and hope.
These images of new life are certainly not at odds with the story of Easter, but really they don’t scratch the surface of the good news about Jesus’s death and resurrection. The true meaning of Easter is so much more than fleeting new life that springs up in April and fades away again as the seasons change. It’s about Jesus’s victory over death: not a temporary victory that wanes with the endless circle of life, but a permanent, eternal victory.
Without Jesus, death is an inevitable destination for humanity, a symptom of the brokenness of our world and all the ways we hurt each other and hurt God. It’s frightening, final and inescapable. But when he died, Jesus paid the penalty for all of the wrong in our world that makes death unavoidable: the punishment each of us deserves for our wrongdoing. And gloriously, the Easter story didn’t end there: when he rose again, Jesus showed us that he had defeated death, once and for all.
And that’s the one big reason why I love Easter. Jesus is alive! He’s victorious over death. And because I trust that he paid my penalty, I can share in that victory and look forward to eternal life with him. So as I crack open my Easter egg this year, I’ll celebrate new life, but not the cute, chick-hatching, “circle of life” kind: the eternal, victorious, death-defeating kind – won by Jesus, for me and anyone who trusts him.
Emma Maiden
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