Lockdown Day 13: Death Before Resurrection

Most Christian from all over the world are celebrating 'Easter'. Easter usually start on Friday (good Friday) where it's usually believe that Jesus died on a Friday and rose up the third day, Sunday.

There is one notable lesson to draw from the Easter story of the Christian Religion. Before there was a resurrection, there was a death. In other words, death comes before resurrection happens.
While death is not really a good thing most times, resurrection is mostly the good one.

Which is why most people downplay the good Friday, they always expat the resurrection sunday because Jesus rose from the grave. Truth is there wouldn't have been a resurrection without death.

In life, we all want to get to the Top but MST wouldn't want to start from the bottom climbing way up. We all want to have money but most wouldn't want to work to get it. We all want our problems solved but most wouldn't want to face that problems and overcome it.

We are want the covid-19 lockdown to be over but most aren't doing what it's needed to halt the spread of the covid-19 virus. You see, there is no gain without pain. Tears may endure for a night but JOY will surely comes in the morning.

While this post might be an inspiring and motivating one for you, far more than that, it should jolt you into realities of knowing that before harvest, there must be sowing. Things don't just happen, something must cause it to happen. There is no reaction without an action.

So on this Easter Celebration, I want us to draw lessons from the easter story of how Jesus suffered and died for mankind so that He can achieve bigger things.

The lockdown is really getting harder, but we must take some precaution, observe and do some things for us to achieve an uplifting of the lockdown. Likewise in our lives, not everything will be smooth, not everytime will be sweet but we go through life knowing that no matter how difficult or hard it might be now, we will smile later on, we will rejoice after it. For us, we should come to realize that to celebrate resurrection (good times), there has to be death (not-too-good times).

Keep staying safe, keep staying calm and keep protecting yourself.

Happy Sunday to everyone.

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