In Memory of Single Awareness Day

Now that the obstacle of Valentine's Day is over (because that's what the single twenty something considers the day of love: a stumbling block on the long road of contentment with the lack of a tangible dating status), I turn my focus to the next major holiday to grace the aisles of Wal-Mart. (No pun intended). I have started stressing about travel plans. I have had moments of concern about finding a new dress to wear for the occasion. I have started a workout regimen so that I actually look good in that dress. I have even worried about my bank account and whether I can financially afford yet another commercialized, marketed, hallmark event. I have cognitively processed all of these responsibilities and I realize, with great venerability, that I have not yet considered exactly what the next holiday on our calendar is.

As I turn my focus to this, I am encouraged to know that all of the aforementioned concerns have already been solved. I am free from them and it is with great love and joy that I realize that Easter is not about egg hunts and a magical bunny. It is not even about where I will spend the holiday or which church I will choose to attend. Easter is not about the pastel colors that decorate the aisles of Wal-mart, but how God graces our world with eternal life. Maybe along with Valentine's we can consider Easter a great opportunity for romance, because it is certain that sacrificing one's most beloved Son is the greatest act of love. Christ conquered death, rose into life and because of this, we all have the opportunity to join Him eternally. That consideration my friends...should be what captures my heart and mind in the upcoming months of preparation for Easter. All of my concerns about travel plans and money are meaningless, when compared to the great freedom I have as a gift from the Lord. I may have not spent Valentine's on a romantic date filled with kisses and a dozen roses, but I certainly can look forward to spending the next holiday with my heart captured in the greatest romance our world will ever know.