For those of you who know me well, you know my life has changed dramatically within the past two years and it’s all credited to the man upstairs. This blog is focused on real estate and supplying my people (aka the millennials) with the information they need when buying/selling/leasing/investing real estate. BUT due to the significance of today and what happened on this day 2016 years ago, we’re going to discuss the reason for Easter season.

I grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and played every sport imaginable. My parents raised and taught me to be independent, fight for what was right and, as my dad used to say, “the sky is the limit”. Needless to say, I am a little rough around the edges. A rebel at heart, I never listened to anything that anyone told me and if you told me not to do something, I did  it just to piss you off. Impulsiveness added spice to life and rules were mean’t to be bent (or broken). I knew about God and His Son and all the popular bible stories, but my heart didn’t understand the true meaning of Him or what he did for me.

Living life this way led to a lot of turmoil, trouble and down right pain. And it wasn’t until life hit rock bottom and wasn’t worth living anymore that I realized something needed to change.

It’s a darn good thing we have a good God because he was way ahead of me on this one. My brother began to push me to go to church and kept wanting to talk about God. Nearly every church service I felt like the pastor was talking directly to me. People who I thought were “friends” suddenly weren’t there for me anymore. Before I knew it, I was all alone in a California church with a chick from work I barely knew, surrendering my life to Christ because it had finally hit me that I was a sinner in need of a Savior.

And that sweet surrender changed my life.

You see, it’s because of Christ surrendering 2016 years ago that I was able to surrender. He didn’t want to be mocked, spit on, beaten, and killed. But because he loved the Father, he surrendered his life and gave it up, for us. And because the Father loves us, he accepted Jesus’ death as full payment for our sins. And because of the Lord’s power and love, he raised Jesus from the dead three days later. And because he raised Jesus from the dead, he has also raised me from the dead and given me life; new life. (2 Corinthians 5:17).

As we celebrate this beautiful Friday off from work and school, consider what He did for you. It was significant enough for the calendar to reset so it is surely significant enough for you to think about. God loves you. He’s calling you. Go to Him.

What’s the Reason for your Easter Season?