A NO-NAME DAY

A NO-NAME DAY

Today is Saturday April 11, 2009, the day between Good Friday, and Resurrection Sunday. Some one has said "Today is Friday, but Sunday is coming!". Those are two important days on the calendar for the Christian! The day Jesus died to pay the price for our sins, and redeem us to a place of fellowship with God our heavenly Father, and the third day after, when Jesus rose victoriously from the tomb! One of my favorite hymns is "Up from the grave He arose, with a mighty triumph o'er His foes---". But this day in between is a day of waiting, a no-name day, so to speak, but still a very important day for us. A day to mediate on yesterday, when personally, Dora and I were led to go to a service at Smithtown Baptist Church at 11:00 AM. This was a very simple service comprised of scriptures featuring the words of Jesus on the cross. They were read, with comments on them, by teen age young people together with their pastor, plus the singing of several appropriate hymns. The manifest presence of the Lord was clearly evident, proving that He was well pleased with the service!

Today is also a day to prepare our hearts for tomorrow, Resurrection Sunday. I prefer that to the term Easter Sunday, because of how the world has perverted Easter, by making it a celebration of "eggs, and bunnies". What have these to to do with the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ from the tomb? Absolutely nothing!! Easter is simply a Pagan celebration, recognizing spring as the time of year when nature comes back to life, so to speak, and hence the reference to eggs and bunnies. It was brought into church traditions during the "dark ages" of church history, along with many other pagan customs, because it overlapped with the celebration of Christ's resurrection. It has become a very profitable commercial time for stores selling candy and flowers, as have Valentine's Day, and many other days. It's a shame that Christians have fallen into the world's pattern of worshiping these days, and sort of worshiping the god of "mammon" (Matt 6:24), and leaving out Jesus, who should be our central focus in this season! The same thing has happen with Christmas, where Jesus is no longer the central figure of our celebrations, but has been replaced by Santa Clause! It's probably time for us followers of Jesus to rise up in protest!

Sincerely submitted

Dave Jamer