Another opportunity is available

 Another celebration of Eas­ter, which is associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Saviour of the world, has just gone by.

This is not the first time such a celebration has taken but it has been celebrated each year, ever since I was old enough to appreciate things happening around me.

During the festivities, many people become holy and begin to rededicate their lives to God, through his beloved son Jesus. Many people make resolutions about how they are going to become committed to God, how they are going to change the way they have been living their lives and change for the better, how they are going to demonstrate love to their neighbours etc.

Give them say three months and you will find them forget­ting about the resolutions they made. Those of us who belong to this group, a new opportuni­ty has now been offered for us, so we can stick to our resolu­tions.

Easter has always been a time of reflection, especially for Christians. It is a time for stock taking to see where we stand with our faith in our cre­ator and our status as to where we are on our walk with God and therefore his son, Jesus Christ.

It is a period in which the death of Christ takes on a deeper meaning and the sig­nificance of it becomes very much appreciated. It affords believers an opportunity to critically reassess our lives and to read just our way of life, so we could still be on the narrow path to heaven.

During the Easter period, an atmosphere of divine visitation can be felt by those who are spiritually inclined. Testimo­nies abound of miraculous en­counters during Easter seasons.

Watching the Passion of Christ movie after church last Sunday, I really experienced a deeper connection to the suf­fering that Christ endured from when he was taken to Pontius Pilate up to when he said “It is finished’’ on the cross.

On the social front, it is a great time for reconnect­ing with members of our families, a time of reconnecting with friends, con­tributing to the development of our local communities etc.

This is the time when those who are outside the country, come home to interact with family members especially their parents, who they have not interacted with face-to-face for a long time.

It is true that due to tech­nological advancement it is now possible to interact with friends and family but it is not the same as face to face inter­action. There is the disturbing side to this celebration which requires that efforts be made to cause attitudinal change.

Some people see this occa­sion as an avenue for promis­cuity and all they look forward to is an opportunity to get someone to sleep with, despite the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV.

If we want to see improve­ment in our lives both spir­itually and physically, then we must prayerfully consider the resolutions we make now, so that God will grant us the grace and determination to achieve them. Let us focus a bit more on the spiritual than the physical.

Let us plan on how to im­prove say our prayer life, how to manifest the gifts of the spirit and not how to get the latest vehicle, and things of that nature.

The Bible exhorts that we should seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all other things that we need, shall be given to us, according to Matthew 6:33. In­stead of going by this directive, we usually turn it upside down and seek what we perceive us our needs first before seeking that of God, no wonder things usually do not turn out the way we expect. God bless.

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By Laud Kissi-Mensah