Ridiculous Holidays.
March 23rd, 2008
There are many ridiculous holidays. Flag Day, Talk Like a Pirate Day, National Flossing Day, or whatever. (Do we have one of these? Why not? And for the record, I like TLaP Day a lot, and I have nothing against Flag Day. I just think they’re a bit ridiculous.) But Easter, to me, is not one of those holidays. Easter is my favorite holiday.
Not because of candy. And while the origins of the holiday, and its ties with pagan fertility festivals and what-all are interesting, I don’t have a lot to add to that discussion, so I mostly stay out of it. (Or try to.)
Easter is my favorite holiday because at some point, every Easter, I am again overcome with gratitude and awe for a God who would love me that much. Not just enough to suffer a tortuous and humiliating death, but also to return to the world that inflicted it on him, and continually offer such a lavish love. I revel in the idea of a God who has already tackled everything I’m afraid of, and won. I love Easter. Happy day!
(Now the family get-togethers are another story. But for now, we’ll leave it at that.)
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