Rex Bullock: It Was Love

Rex Bullock: It Was Love: It Was Love I love Easter.  It is the greatest day on the Christian calendar.  In fact, for me, every year Holy Week becomes more meani...

It Was Love

It Was Love

I love Easter.  It is the greatest day on the Christian calendar.  In fact, for me, every year Holy Week becomes more meaningful and significant to me.  The chance to commemorate and celebrate all that Jesus did for me grows richer and deeper.

This Easter weekend is already proving to be like a drink of clear water on parched lips.  Last night, our very young and still forming church community (transFORM Communities) held a love feast, climaxed with worship and holy communion.  It seemed so reminiscent of what the Early Church must have done--eager believers sharing life together.  The reflection on Christ's sacrifice was deep and the cheers by beaming believers were throaty and love filled.  It was pure joy to be together.

Today (Saturday) was such a highlight for LaWanda and me.  We hosted all our family (3 kids, their spouses and all our grandkids) for Easter dinner, an Easter egg hunt and a rousing game of kickball for all of us.  What a blast!  And what love radiated all over the place as innocent children scampered through the house and all over the yard.  The food was great, but the love that we share for one another was the greatest, by far.  The hugs when we all parted were so warm and heartfelt.

And now, I'm left to reflect on it all.  There's only one thing that can make this happen.  Jesus Christ is the center of it all.  Once again, it washes over me.  It was love.  His love is the reason we can know the kind of human love that we have for one  another.  My heart almost burst with love just watching kids and grandkids today, but that can only happen because of Him.

"It was love that sent a Savior

To this world of sin and woe;

It was love that left heav'n's portals,

And came down to dwell below;

It was love that stilled the waters

On stormy Galilee;

It was love that paid sin's ransom,

One dark day on Calvary.

Refrain:

Love so divine,

Love so sublime,

Love that is deeper than any sea;

Love for us all, oh, how can it be!"

And I'm still trying to understand it all, but I'm learning more about it when I commemorate His death and tomorrow (Easter Sunday) we will celebrate His resurrection.  Hallelujah!