…I’m still not into following the “church calendar.” I’m not into Lent, Easter, Christmas, etc. as religious celebrations. Not that I’m dogmatic about it. I don’t mind if people want to spend some extra time thinking about Jesus this week; I’m always for that. I just don’t see it fitting into the way things were set up in the New Testament.

God knows how to tell his people to celebrate something, when to to do it, and how to do it. If you don’t believe me, read Leviticus 23, for example. Or any of the other chapters that talk about religious feasts. I don’t see anything remotely similar in the New Testament. Not a verse, let alone a complete chapter. “But doesn’t Romans 14 say we can observe special days?” Sure, can being the operative word. We can abstain from eating meat, too, but somehow that one hasn’t been nearly as popular. (Except at Lent, but that gets back to the special days)

To me, we have to find the happy medium between walking around condemning everyone around us and trying to imitate everyone around us. I think the traditional church of Christ statement that “We celebrate Easter every Sunday” is true. Unfortunately, some people are only able to “get into it” once a year. That might be something we need to work on.

Hope you enjoy your Easter weekend. I’ve actually got today off, when I was supposed to be working. (Weather cancelled my trip to Nashville) I hope that you find something this weekend that brings you closer to God.

And I hope the same for next weekend, too.

{Photo by Ryan Smart, sxc.hu}