When you grow up a Christian, some things become so routine that they seem to lose their significance if you’re not actively paying attention. One of the easiest to miss is Easter, but it hit much differently for me this year; I just felt so in the moment and connected to the salvation story. I guess the weight of the sacrifice that was made dawned on me in a way it had never done before. It completely transforms what it means to love wholeheartedly and unconditionally. As humans, it’s almost against our physical nature to give ourselves to the emotion of love like that, in what could be the most sacrificial form of love mankind has ever experienced. I hope I can disconnect myself enough from the limits of my physical nature to fully express what it means to love like that. AnjolaDave, 2026 “What joy, what peace has come to us What hope, what help, what love When every unclean thought, And every sinful deed Was scourged upon His back And hammered through His feet. The Innocent is cursed, The guilty are released; The punishment of God On God has brought me peace. Come lay your heavy load Down at the Master’s feet; Your shame will be removed, Your joy will be complete. Come crucify your pride, And enter as a child; For those who bow down low He’ll lift up to His side.” -Stuart Townsend. “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Matthew 28:6 KJV